Identity Theft
Have You Checked Your Free Credit Report Recently?
Criminals are becoming more sophisticated in their efforts to steal your identity. They’re counting on you to not pay attention while they suck your bank account and good credit dry. One of the ways you can stop them is by regularly checking your credit report — for free! Doing so can alert you to unusual [...]
Using 1 Password Makes You an Easy Target
With all the online accounts that people use these days, it’s tempting to make up one password to enter them all. I mean, who wants to remember 10 different passwords for 10 different accounts? Well, the truth of the matter is that if you don’t make them unique, then a hacker just has to grab [...]
Dallas Man Becomes a Victim of ID Theft
This week a Dallas, TX man reported having his identify stolen during an encounter with someone he met online. He frequently visited a chat room where it was customary to meet others there and hook-up elsewhere at a physical location. Okay, bad idea to begin with, but more on that in a moment. He agreed [...]
Keylogger’s Can Wreak Havoc
Keylogger spyware can be responsible for turning your world upside-down, in some ways more than a computer virus. What’s a keylogger? It’s a software program that runs in the background on your computer, hidden from view, and secretly recording you’re every move. The places you go and what you type are sent electronically to someone [...]
States Included for Free Credit Report Service
A couple of months ago, I made a post about a site offering free annual credit reports (see post). At that time southern states were scheduled to be onboard with the system this month. After checking the site today, they are true to their word: states from Texas to Florida have been added to their [...]
Your Teen’s Identity May Be At Risk
I’ve talked about protecting your identity from being stolen. Now I’d like to focus your attention on your teen’s identity. After all, they’re unique in that if they have credit records at all, you’ll most likely find a clean report. And besides, what teen do you know who checks their credit reports? To the criminal, [...]
Latest ID Theft Scam
Identity thieves are getting smarter every day, coming up with new ways to fool you into divulging your personal information. After reading this article about the latest scam, I got to thinking that even though it occurs in postal mail, it could possibly move to the online world. Here’s the scam. Let’s say you just [...]