Archive for the ‘Identity Theft’ Category


Little Known Identity Theft Methods

Little Known Identity Theft Methods

There are many ways to have your identity stolen such as having your credit card skimmed, your credit card stolen, mail stolen with some personal information on it and many other methods.  In addition to the methods that many people think about as ways to steal your personal information, there are other ways that people [...]

Posted March 13, 2012 | Read More | No Comments »
Lending Scams and how to Protect Yourself

Lending Scams and how to Protect Yourself

If anyone says that they will never fall for identity theft scam they are wrong because no one is immune from becoming a target of a scam because the scammers continually come up with new and innovative ways to scam their victims.  Most of the victims of a scammer are usually the elderly, you are [...]

Posted February 29, 2012 | Read More | No Comments »
What to Tell Your Teenager About Identity Theft

What to Tell Your Teenager About Identity Theft

Identity thieves have no age limit on whose identity they steal so when your children are old enough to understand what identity theft is then you should talk to the m about it and how to protect themselves from becoming a victim.  A good age is when they are a teenager and first want to [...]

Posted February 3, 2012 | Read More | No Comments »
Identity Theft and Dealing With the Bank

Identity Theft and Dealing With the Bank

When you have your identity stolen the identity thief can get access to your bank account in different ways.  The most common way is to steal your debit card.  In addition, whenever you pay for anything with a check you are basically handing over your routing information and account number. Identity theft offenders have found [...]

Posted January 27, 2012 | Read More | No Comments »
How to Make Your PIN Number More Secure

How to Make Your PIN Number More Secure

More than half of the adults in the United States own some form of smartphones, which has access to personal information.  Instead of using some type of high tech equipment to get your PIN number, hackers are using a very simple method so they can unlock these smartphones.  What they are doing is looking to [...]

Posted January 10, 2012 | Read More | No Comments »