All posts tagged ID theft
Power up your passwords with more protection against hackers
On your next double dinner date, look around the table. Three of you are vulnerable to hacker attacks because you didn’t use much imagination creating online passwords. Consumer Reports says 75 percent of Americans use weak passwords for their most [...]
Identity thieves are preying on your children
Children, more and more often, are being targeted by identity thieves because kids have clean financial records that allow identity thieves to fly under the radar for years
ID theft can bring you to tears
It's not just about losing money to identity theft. And it's more than the time-is-money spent recovering from the ordeal. ID theft is also emotionally trying. When the National Foundation for
ID theft hits home
A growing number of crooks who steal your identity don't swipe your personal information to pilfer from your financial accounts. They want to get their hands on your home
How to stop ID theft, cold
A well-measured program of preventive steps can protect your identity from theft. ID theft-related fraud fell by 12 percent in 2007 and 300,000 fewer adults were victims, according to
Preventing ID thieves from stealing innocence
Kids have become easy targets for ID thieves because of exposure offered by popular social networking sites on the Internet. In their naiveté, kids are also too often
Final ‘Red Flag’ rules set to wave off ID theft
Preemptive federal "red flag" regulations, designed to strike at identity theft in its earliest stages, rolls out this year. Beginning Jan. 1, 2008, with all federally regulated financial institutions
New ID theft study blames strangers
Don't let a new identity theft study confuse your approach to warding off the crooks. No matter the source of the pilfering, the fundamentals of ID theft prevention
