Archive for August 2007

Government Busts Identity Theft Ring That Targeted Forbes 400 Richest Sharon Gaudin 8/18/2007 – Government authorities arrested and indicted five members of an alleged identity theft ring that was targeting billionaires from Forbes magazine’s ranking of the 400 richest Americans. Manhattan District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau announced on Thursday that the defendants — four of…

Disney-Area Waitress Accused Of Identity Theft Scheme WFTV.Com 8/17/2007 – ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Orange County authorities said they nabbed a woman who developed an identity theft scheme to cash in on Orlando’s popular tourist attractions. ——————————————————————————– PROTECT YOURSELF: Identity Theft And Fraud Protection Information ——————————————————————————– Detectives originally arrested Ashley Day because she had a…

Homeowners at risk of identity theft Fair Investment Company 8/15/2007 – New concerns about identity theft have been raised in connection with information stored on the Land Registry website, a government resource that registers title to land in England and Wales. It also registers dealings, such as sales or mortgages, with registered land. The register…

Facebook users easy targets for identity theft Ellen Messmer 8/14/2007 – Users of the Facebook social-networking site are too gullible in giving up personal information, which could make them the targets of identity theft, according to Sophos research. Sophos fabricated a Facebook profile and asked 200 Facebook users at random to give up personal information.…

How to Protect Your Identity TERRI CULLEN 8/12/2007 – Identity theft can wreak havoc with your life. But there are numerous things you can do to make it harder for scamsters, tricksters and downright criminals to get their hands on your sensitive personal and financial information. A lot of what you can do to defend…

Identity Theft on the Rise in North Dakota Chris Gallegos 8/10/2007 – A new study just released has placed three North Dakota cities on a list no city wants to be on. Bismarck, Fargo and Grand Forks rank among the top ten cities in the growth of identity theft. The statistics are alarming. Nearly ten…

5 Tips For Identity Theft Protection EditorChoice 8/2/2007 – It’s that time of year. This is when we all start getting those emails that want to steal our secret codes and passwords. You know the ones: “Your Account Is About To Be Closed,” “There’s A Block On Your Account,”, “Congratulations – You’ve Won The Lottery…

Medical Identity Theft Is a Growing Problem Karla Dial and Dr. Sanjit Bagchi 8/1/2007 – As a national push to adopt electronic medical records (EMRs) gains steam at all levels of government, a crack in the system is beginning to show: the threat of medical identity theft. The theft generally takes one of two forms:…

Money Matters: Protecting yourself from identity theft Elaine Morgillo 8/1/2007 – Recently, banking associations in Maine, Connecticut and Massachusetts announced plans to file a class action suit against TJX Companies Inc., claiming that it negligently represented the security of its computer system. As a result of a security breach that may have lasted from 2003…