Archive for April 2008

Ground Zero Workers Exposed to Possible Identity Theft When Payroll Sheets Tossed in Trash NEW YORK — Hundreds of Ground Zero workers were exposed to potential identity theft when stacks of payroll sheets — which included their names and Social Security numbers — were dumped in the trash along with confidential plans for the new…

80% of Americans worry about identity theft – study A national poll reveals that eight out of ten Americans worry about identity theft and more than 34 percent are acquainted with an identity theft victim. In 2007, nearly 800,000 consumer complaints were filed and 32 percent of them involved identity theft. The reported fraud losses…