Posts Tagged ‘ID theft’
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Don O'Shell, York County Clerk of Courts
A Pennsylvania man has provided an apt example of the identity theft risk inherent in allowing public access to court records.
Donald Stoner, 37, was arrested by federal officers for using court records to commit identity theft. Stoner gathered personally identifying information—names, Social Security numbers and driver’s license numbers–from more than 100 DUI defendants and used it to set up fraudulent bank accounts and steal more than $27,000 in payday loans.
Stoner specifically targeted those who paid their court-ordered fines all at once instead of in installments, and who hired private attorneys instead of using the services of public defenders. By doing so, he narrowed the pool to victims he thought were more likely to have good credit. (more…)
Tags: Don O'Shell, Donald Stoner, ID theft, Identity Theft, public records, York County Clerk of Courts
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Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
The Better Business Bureau is alerting consumers about a new scam involving payday loans and phone calls from phony bill collectors.
Scammers presenting themselves as attorneys for the “Financial Accountability Association” or the “Federal Legislation of Unsecured Loans” accuse the call recipients of defaulting on payday loans and threaten them with lawsuits, arrest and extradition to California unless they make an immediate payment via wire or by providing credit card or bank account numbers. (more…)
Tags: BBB, Better Business Bureau, ID theft, pretexters, pretexting, scam
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Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
Somewhere there’s an American citizen—we’ll call him Joe Smith–with a criminal record showing a 2002 federal narcotics conviction. In March, he was arrested as he tried to return to the United States from Mexico. That’s when Customs and Border Patrol officers discovered his tourist visa had been revoked, and there was an outstanding arrest warrant for violating the terms of his supervised release after serving prison time for a 2002 federal narcotics case. (more…)
Tags: criminal identity theft, documents identity theft, drug trafficker, drug trafficking, eRecon, ID theft, Jose Guadalupe Ramirez Ortiz, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol
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Friday, July 17th, 2009
How bad can ID theft get? Bad enough to force you to change your name, Social Security number and the name of your established business. That’s been the experience of Marcoos Tyrell, from Birmingham, Alabama.
Born Marcoos Thomas, Tyrell, now 38, started his own business when he was only 17. But in 2008, after 20 years of teaching piano classes through his business, The Thomas Keyboard Club, identity theft changed everything.
Tyrell learned of the ID theft the way many victims do: the bill collectors began calling. At first it was “just” credit card bills. Then it was traffic tickets. And then things got really bad. (more…)
Tags: ID theft, Identity Theft, LifeLock promo code, Marcoos Thomas, Marcoos Tyrell, Piano Lessons on Wheels, The Thomas Keyboard Club
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Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
The global financial crisis has given people plenty to worry about: diminished retirement accounts, decreased job security, upside down mortgages and failing businesses to name a few of the common concerns. But even greater than all these is the worry about identity theft and credit card fraud, according to a recent Unisys Security Index report. (more…)
Tags: ID theft, ID theft protection, Identity Theft, identity theft prevention, LifeLock discount, LifeLock review
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Sunday, February 15th, 2009
If you’re like most people, your New Year’s resolution to work out more is a distant memory and you’ve already gained two more pounds. But what about the promise you made yourself to try something new?
If you haven’t made your reservation yet for a hot air balloon ride, how about becoming an identity theft victim instead? Granted, it’s hardly a unique experience—roughly 10 million people are doing it every year—but it’s like no other experience you’ve ever had.
How to get started
Put your Social Security card and all your credit cards in your wallet. Leave your wallet lying out on your desk at work while you go to the restroom. If you carry a purse, leave it unzipped when in public places. In fact, hang it on the back of your chair so any potential identity thieves know you’re looking for action.
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Wednesday, February 11th, 2009
We’re all experiencing anxiety (or outright panic) in the face of diminishing job security, escalating interest rates and sinking home values. I hate to add to the daily financial sturm und drang—and I beg your forgiveness—but you need to know about the increasing risk of identity theft related to data breaches and this recession. (more…)
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Monday, February 9th, 2009
As of January 2009, 11.6 million Americans are unemployed, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. Jobs are hard to come by these days, and job seekers are desperately applying a shotgun approach, using headhunters, professional networking and a number of online job sites.
Unfortunately, rather than becoming full-time employees, many applicants may become identity theft victims instead. (more…)
Tags: avoid identity theft, Data breach, ID theft, ID theft protection, Identity Theft, identity theft prevention, identity theft protection, Life Lock, LifeLock, lifelock codes, LifeLock promo code, lifelock promotion codes, LifeLock promotional code, lifelock.com, Monster.com
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Thursday, February 5th, 2009
It seems that with every new technological advance, a new breed of crook crawls out from under a rock. With so many of us practically living our lives online, identity thieves have lots of opportunities to access our personal and financial information.
There are, however, precautions you can take to minimize the chances that you’ll become one of the victims. (more…)
Tags: Computers and Online Identity Theft, ID theft, Identity Theft, identity theft protection
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Thursday, January 29th, 2009
There’s a reason bloggers like me are always harping about the need for identity theft services like those offered by LifeLock: it’s because so many nitwits are in charge of your personal information.
Before I begin my rant, let me start by saying the folks in the Madison, Wisconsin Human Resources Department are probably good people. Like their imaginary Minnesota neighbors of Lake Wobegon, they’re probably a bunch of strong women, good-looking men and the parents of above-average children.
But how did their kids get so darned smart if their parents are nitwits? (more…)
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