Archive for January 2008

IDENTITY THEFT ‘I need your social security number’ If your credit card statement is more than you remember charging, you could be part of the 3.7 percent of adults who fall victim to this growing financial crime. Michael Kraus, information security officer at Home Savings, said identity theft happens at any age. All it takes…

Tax Time or Prime Time for Identity Theft SAN DIEGO, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — By now, most of you have received your W-2’s and other tax reporting forms used in preparing your taxes. The question is: where are those forms kept in your home? Are they lying on a table top or somewhere anyone can see them? Or,…

Prevent Identity Theft From Happening to You Take Steps to Make Identity Theft More Difficult Identity theft or identity fraud, the fastest growing crime in the United States, is the taking of a victim’s identity for financial gain or to conceal the real identity of the perpetrator. If an identity thief can get access to…

Agencies take on identity theft WINSTON-SALEM — There’s a relatively new criminal on the block, threatening every community in North Carolina. They’re after your identity and they’re getting better at stealing it from you. “Often times the person who committed the identity theft is not from the community the victim is,” said Stuart Shore with…

Identity theft becoming crime of choice Bob Culver, Rockmart business owner and councilman, knows the reality of identity theft and fraud. His personal experience added weight to remarks made by Jeremy Hockman, special agent, United States Security Service, during a program Wednesday morning. Culver told the crowd gathered at The Depot, Rockmart, about his experiences…

Protect your personal data to shop, bank and keep in touch with friends on social networking sites, so the threat of ID fraud is increasing. While there is little the individual can do to guard against government departments loosing track of our personal data, there is much the individual can do to increase the security…

Dumpster divers are messy — at best As an apartment manager, I cannot begin to tell you how happy the proposed law against Dumpster diving makes me and several other managers. I have managed the same property for more than 15 years and have encountered many people picking through our garbage. Never have I seen…

Connected: Identity theft not just one category anymore How well do you understand identity theft? Until my recent discussion with Clint Kelley, I thought I had it down pretty well. That’s when Mr. Kelley made me realize that I understand credit/financial ID theft fairly well — but not the four other types of ID theft…