Posts Tagged ‘LifeLock identity theft protection’

Members’ information found in trash when fitness center relocated

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

If a fitness center moves to another location, they contract with a company to pack up and move the equipment and furniture, and to clean out the building. If the movers drop and break a piece of equipment, they’re responsible for the loss.

But what if, when the movers clean out the offices, they find cabinets full of the gym members’ personal and financial information? What if the movers just toss those files in the dumpster out back with the other trash? Who’s responsible to the members? (more…)

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LifeLock promo code fits the budget, meets the need

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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Library of Congress executive plunders employee data for ID theft

Friday, December 12th, 2008

If you’re considering identity theft services, visit LifeLock.com to learn more about their strategies. Use the Life Lock promotion code “Defense”to get the lowest available price. LifeLock provides identity theft services to more than 1 million Americans. Read on to find out why you would benefit from it, too.

Employers know a lot more about you than you know about them. Anyone with access to your human resources file has your name, address, phone number, date of birth, Social Security number, place of birth, credit history, work history, salary history and physical description.

But who are these people who hold all that information about you? (more…)

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Man uses wife’s identity to buy cars worth $183,000. Too bad she didn’t have LifeLock

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

A man was arrested just outside Harrisburg, Penn., and charged with forging his wife’s signature on loan applications and insurance papers so he could buy six cars with a total value of more than $183,000, according to an announcement by Attorney General Tom Corbett.

Everett Frank was already imprisoned at the Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill when agents from the Attorney General’s Insurance Fraud Section arrested him on the car-buying charges.

He was also already estranged from his wife, Michelle Frank. Neither situation is expected to see much improvement in the near future. (more…)

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Stupid criminal stories: Idiot identity thief texts detective for help

Friday, November 21st, 2008

You accidentally dial the wrong number, calling an old boyfriend by mistake. You compose an e-mail complaining about your boss, and somehow send it to your boss instead of a sympathetic coworker.

No, it’s never pretty when these things happen, and, when we make mistakes like this we usually feel like idiots. Fortunately, there’s always someone just a little bit dumber to make us all feel just a little bit better about our own mistakes. Meet Peter Pardo. (more…)

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Stupid criminal stories: Charged with ID theft and tax crimes, St. Paul man says he was “practicing”

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

If you read a lot of identity theft stories, they might all start to sound the same. But every once in a while you run across one with a refreshingly different twist. It’s the “stupid criminal” element that sets this one apart.

Johnny Opara, of St. Paul, Minn., has been charged with seven felony tax crimes and one case of identity theft, according to the Minnesota Department of Revenue.

Some of Opara’s victims say they hired him to prepare their taxes, but he never filed them. In other cases, Opara, 55, allegedly filed taxes for people who hadn’t hired him and knew nothing about his activities. (more…)

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Extortionists threaten to disclose Express Scripts’ customers’ information if ransom isn’t paid

Friday, November 7th, 2008

Express Scripts has gone public today with information that they were contacted early in October by extortionists who threatened to disclose personal and medical information on millions of the company’s customers if Express Scripts doesn’t meet their ransom demands.

The ransom request was sent by mail and accompanied by the names, birth dates, Social Security numbers and, in some cases, prescription details, of 75 of the firm’s 50 million customers.

George Paz, Express Scripts’ chief executive, said the company will not pay the ransom, but declined to say how much money the extortionists demanded. (more…)

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Denver identity theft crime ring indicted

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

A Denver grand jury indicted five defendants last week in an identity theft crime ring. Shadwick Weaver, the ringleader, is in custody and being held on $500,000 bond. Weaver has been indicted on 65 counts. Three of the others indicted by the grand jury are also in custody; a fifth defendant is at large.

During a joint investigation by the economic crimes units of the Aurora Police Department and the Denver District Attorney’s office, detectives discovered almost 300 fraudulent IDs, employee IDs, and counterfeit checks and credit cards. (more…)

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