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Scams & Swindles: Phishing, Spoofing, ID Theft, Nigerian Advance Schemes Investment Frauds: How to Recognize And Avoid Rip-Offs In The Internet Age

Posted on June 21st, 2010 5 Comments

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Phishing. Spoofing. Spyware. Swoop and squat. Malicious spam. Chain letters. Ponzi schemes. ID theft. The Internet Era has created a whole class of frauds and schemes that separate people from their money. It’s also given new life to older cons and scams. This book organizes various rip-offs by type and severity. Then it explains how each type of scam works — and how an ordinary person can recognize it before getting taken in. Drawing on interviews with law enforce… More >>

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The Wall Street Journal. Complete Identity Theft Guidebook: How to Protect Yourself from the Most Pervasive Crime in America

Posted on June 18th, 2010 4 Comments

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It could happen when you make a routine withdrawal from an ATM, respond to an e-mail asking for information about an online account, or leave a new box of checks unattended in your mailbox. Identity theft is one of the easiest crimes to commit in America—and one of the hardest to prosecute. As thieves become increasingly clever, Americans have more reasons than ever to fear this elusive, ubiquitous crime. Now there’s a book to help you beat it.

In two eas… More >>

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What you can do if you are a victim of identity theft

Posted on June 15th, 2010 No Comments

What are the first steps I should take if I’m a victim of identity theft?

If you are a victim of identity theft, take the following four steps as soon as possible, and keep a record with the items of your conversations and copies of all correspondence. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Fraud, Identity, Identity theft, Theft, Victim

Scams & Swindles: Phishing, Spoofing, ID Theft, Nigerian Advance Schemes Investment Frauds: How to Recognize And Avoid Rip-Offs In The Internet Age

Posted on June 10th, 2010 5 Comments

Tags: Advance, avoid, Frauds, Internet, Investment, Nigerian, Phishing, Recognize, RipOffs, Scams, Schemes, Spoofing, Swindles, Theft

Identity Theft Statistics

Posted on June 8th, 2010 No Comments

Identity theft is a serious crime that we all need to be aware of. In this article we look at a number of statistics representing this crime in order to give you a better idea of this crime and how important it is to protect yourself against it.

Identity theft was first mentioned in literature in the 1990′s, studies showed that between 2001 and 2002 there was Read the rest of this entry »

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Phishing and Countermeasures: Understanding the Increasing Problem of Electronic Identity Theft

Posted on June 3rd, 2010 3 Comments

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Phishing and Counter-Measures discusses how and why phishing is a threat, and presents effective countermeasures. Showing you how phishing attacks have been mounting over the years, how to detect and prevent current as well as future attacks, this text focuses on corporations who supply the resources used by attackers. The authors subsequently deliberate on what action the government can take to respond to this situation and compare adequate versus inadequate counte… More >>

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Posts Tagged ‘Theft’

Scams & Swindles: Phishing, Spoofing, ID Theft, Nigerian Advance Schemes Investment Frauds: How to Recognize And Avoid Rip-Offs In The Internet Age

The Wall Street Journal. Complete Identity Theft Guidebook: How to Protect Yourself from the Most Pervasive Crime in America

What you can do if you are a victim of identity theft

Scams & Swindles: Phishing, Spoofing, ID Theft, Nigerian Advance Schemes Investment Frauds: How to Recognize And Avoid Rip-Offs In The Internet Age

Identity Theft Statistics

Phishing and Countermeasures: Understanding the Increasing Problem of Electronic Identity Theft

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