It seems more and more you hear about a laptop or a USB flash drive containing thousands of Social Security numbers lost or stolen. The latest was a laptop at Cornell University that was stolen earlier this month.
The theft of the stolen laptop has left 45,000 members of the university’s community at risk of identity theft and credit card [...]
Posts from ‘June, 2009’
Cornell University Laptop with 45,000 Social Security Numbers Stolen
VISA Text Message Scam
There is a nationwide VISA text messaging scam that is trying to trick cell phone users into handing over their bank account information. The text messaging scam has hit thousands of individual across the US in the last few weeks.
The message received states “Due to unusual activity, your Visa account has been closed.”
People are under [...]
Consumer Reports Survey Discovers 1 in 5 Online Consumers Victims of Cybercrime
A new survey by Consumer Reports discovered that one in five online consumers were victims of a cybercrime in the past two years costing consumers 8 billion dollars.Â
Consumer Reports believes the problems will only get worse due to rising unemployment and foreclosures. Also social-networking services, such as Facebook, are creating more openings for identity thieves.
Corporations [...]
Medical Identity Theft and Medical Insurance Fraud
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued an alert about the top four most common types of health Insurance frauds:
1. Medical Equipment Fraud: Individuals are offered “free products” from equipment manufacturers. Insurers are charged for products that were not needed and/or may not have been delivered.
2. “Rolling Lab” Schemes: Unnecessary and sometimes fake tests [...]
Beware of Scams on Craigslist
The Better Business Bureau is warning consumers across the country of a new scam on Craigslist that deceives buyers by falsely claiming BBB accreditation and participation in a phony buyers protection program.
The BBB said there is no such thing as a BBB Purchase Protection Program and any online seller claiming participation in this program is [...]
New Facial Recognition Technology Leads to Identity Theft Arrest
Investment in new facial recognition technology at the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles already is yielding returns with the arrest of a man on fraud charges after he sought a seventh Indiana identity.
New license photos are compared with those that have already been taken. If a new photo seems to match an existing one, the [...]
