Category: Identity Theft

Written by Alex Bach In light of the recent breaches in Target and Neiman Marcus, identity theft paranoia is (or should be) at an all time high. Which is good; people are finally starting to get concerned about the very real and very pernicious threat that is identity theft. To further your fear, and you get

Written by Alex Bach With Target’s recent massive security breach, people all over the country have been wondering about the latest developments and asking “Just who is going to look into this and punish those responsible?” Well, it looks like the new sheriff in town is going to be the Secret Service.  A division of the

Written by Alex Bach You’ve learned to be weary of shady companies giving out personal information, and you’ve (hopefully) learned to protect yourself and stay away from such people/companies/services. But what if it’s your own government that caused the leak of your valuable information?  No, we’re not talking Edward Snowden,this was USIS (U.S. Investigations Services) a

Written by Alex Bach Unfortunately we live in an era where cases of annual lists of identity theft can run alongside lists of annual best movies, music and shows of the past year.  And like those lists, this list will show us what we’ve possibly overlooked, and, hopefully, what to keep our eyes out for in

Written by Alex Bach Unless you’re Charles Bronson looking for a excuse to go on a rampage of revenge, no one wants to get scammed.  And, of course, scammers know that; which is why they design their scams to appear as anything but what they really are.  So how can you tell?  Not to worry, we’ve

Written by Alex Bach With more and more stories of identity theft occurring every day, it’s becoming increasingly important to take steps to protect yourself.  Identity theft is more pernicious than many people expect and even once proven can take years to correct.  Don’t let yourself fall victim to thievery by watching out for these sneaky

Written by Alex Bach Half a century ago identity theft would have sounded like some science fiction premise a la “Invasion of the Bodysnatchers.”  Today, identity theft is a household word, and so the pernicious act is so widespread and–often times intriguing–that it’s even become the premise of a blockbuster comedy starring Jason Bateman and Melissa

Identity thieves are increasingly targeting children, in some cases stealing their identities before they are born   The theft of a child’s identity can go undetected for years and create serious consequences for them in the future. Children are vulnerable to identity theft due to clean histories and low detection rates. 140,000 children are victims

A new potential for fraud is on the rise: It’s easy, however, to protect yourself. The threat exists because of the radio-frequency identification chips (RFID) or Near Field Communication (NFC) chips that are starting to be embedded in credit and debit cards. A thief can use this “swipe to pay” technology to capture your info

Identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes in the world affecting millions of people a year. Due to the increasing rate of ID fraud, consumers must safeguard their personal information now more than ever before. Identity theft can involve everything from medical theft, false social networking profiles, child identification theft, email identity theft,