Archive for June 2008

Report: Fraud costs Tennesseans $13.7 million in 2007 Tennesseans were bilked out of more than $13.7 million in 2007 as a result of fraud, the state’s Department of Commerce and Insurance reports. That doesn’t include money lost to identity theft, according to the department. While identify theft is significant, the department doesn’t track the financial…

Forum looks to help seniors avoid becoming ID theft victims SIERRA VISTA — When it comes to fraud, financial exploitation and other forms of abuse, seniors are often silent victims. Breaking the Silence of Elder Abuse, a day-long forum presented by Cochise County Elder Abuse Prevention and co-hosted by Sierra Vista Parks & Leisure Services,…

Identity theft top concern among Malaysians PETALING JAYA: Financial institutions may need to further improve their security systems to ensure that their customers’ personal data is safe, said Unisys Asia South vice-president and general manager Scott Whyman. “Preventive measures that can be taken to combat identity theft (for example) include implementing the use of biometric…

Don’t Be an Identity Theft Victim Shakespeare got it right: “Who steals my purse steals trash; ’tis something, nothing. ‘Twas mine, ’tis his, and has been slave to thousands; But he that filches from me my good name robs me … And makes me poor indeed” (Othello). Oh, for the good old days when stealing…

Don’t Be A Target of Identity Theft Identity theft can happen to anyone,” that is the message of an all day conference by housing and credit counseling held Friday. Seminars have been going on all day at the Capital Plaza Hotel educating many on identity theft, addressing financial literacy in Kansas, as well as panel…

Identity theft growing in undocumented job market Undocumented workers increasingly are turning to identity theft to gain access to jobs as technology and training make it harder for forged documents to pass muster, experts say. Buying fraudulent documents costs anywhere from $100 to thousands of dollars. Generally speaking, you get what you pay for, Immigration…

Insurer Data Breach Results in Identity Theft for UC-Irvine Students A data breach at UnitedHealthcare has resulted in 1,132 students at UC-Irvine having their identities stolen, university officials said on Thursday, the Orange County Register reports. Fraudulent tax returns were filed for at least 155 of the affected students. The identity thefts were revealed in…

Protection From Identity Theft TULSA, Okla.) June 6 – Some of you may be getting e-mails from someone claiming to be with the IRS, asking for your social security number and other personal information. The problem is, the IRS doesn’t send e-mails. This is just one of the many ways thieves are trying to steal…

State Senate passes identity theft bill ALBANY – The New York State Senate Thursday passed legislation sponsored by Senator Stephen Saland (R-C-I, Poughkeepsie), that would toughen the state’s law against the crime of identity theft by expanding the types and amount of personal identification that would be needed to charge someone with identity theft, as…