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Monday, October 27th, 2008
by Paul Wilcox
Would you ever consider driving in rush hour with a blindfold on? If you do I'd like to know where you're driving please. Protecting yourself from identity theft is equally as important. Don't think just because you're educated or poor that it couldn't happen to you. It happens ...
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Thursday, September 4th, 2008
by Paul Wilcox
Personal identity theft has been prevalent since the start of the Information Age ??" every year thousands of people report credit cards or bank accounts being accessed by unauthorized people, making fraudulent transactions that cost large sums of money.
This crime has now extended to corporate identity theft. Just ...
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Monday, August 25th, 2008
by Paul Wilcox
It is hard to imagine but just by innocently downloading a file from the Internet, your identity can be compromised. Most of the time, files are from a trusted source. But all it takes is the downloading of one corrupt file for your computer to be infected with ...
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Sunday, August 24th, 2008
by Paul Wilcox
The crime of identity theft is rising in popularity. Unfortunately, victims of identity theft are unaware that their identity has been stolen before their good name and good credit has been damaged.
Is it possible to know if your identity has been stolen before drastic damage has occurred? Here ...
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Sunday, August 24th, 2008
by Paul Wilcox
Destroy all documents that contain personal information. Thieves still gather personal information used identity theft from the trash so be sure to shred everything you throw away that contains any personal information about you. This includes credit card statements, bank statements, etc.
Empty your mail box quickly. Don't give ...
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Thursday, August 21st, 2008
by Paul Wilcox
Incidents of identity theft and fraud are at an all time high this year topping the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) list of complaints. Reports of fraud and identity theft made up about 39 percent of consumer complaints with Internet auction fraud coming in second place with about 16 ...
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