All About Identity Theft

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Saturday, September 02, 2006

Phishing - Keep Your Home and Your Sanity


Keep Your Home and Your Sanity
KHNL News 8 - If you're looking to buy a home or apply for a loan, or are simply worried about identity theft, this is the best time to order your credit report. Summer may be the classic time to buy, sell, and move home residences. This year, with mortgage

Foreclosure Tips and Traps
KHNL News 8 - If you're looking to buy a home or apply for a loan, or are simply worried about identity theft, this is the best time to order your credit report. Buying a foreclosure can be a lucrative investment. Your goal is to buy property far below market

Taking It to the Streets, And Closer to Customers
KCBD - Order Your Credit Report Now! If you're looking to buy a home or apply for a loan, or are simply worried about identity theft, this is the best time to order your credit report.

What Will It Take to Save For College?
Wave 3 - If you're looking to buy a home or apply for a loan, or are simply worried about identity theft, this is the best time to order your credit report. Get quotes from multiple companies and select the policy that's right for you. Whether you are saving

Water bill error discovered by man already burned by identity theft
Vallejo Times-Herald - Ronald Faubert of Vallejo explains how be discovered a double-billing glitch in the city's water billing computer. His wife is Kathy Faubert. Photo: David Pacheco/Times-Herald If it hadn't been for his identity being stolen, Ronald Faubert of Vallejo

ID thief convicted on 7 felony counts
Antelope Valley Press - It started out simply: the Palmdale Water District had shut the water off at a home receiving a Section 8 voucher, and Section 8 investigator Gary Brody was notified. The ensuing investigation led to two identity theft victims and the conviction this

Friday, September 01, 2006

Phishing - Firefox 2.0 advances to Beta 2 


Firefox 2.0 advances to Beta 2 
Tom Sanders in California, vnunet.com , Friday 1 September 2006 at 00:00:00 Apache readies next version of open source browser The Mozilla Corporation has released a Beta 2 version of its forthcoming Firefox 2.0 browser. The second beta is intended to gather additional feedback while delivering enhancements and bug fixes... > Read the full article

Alcatel-Lucent deal faces legal test 
( InfoWorld ) - Alcatel SA and Lucent Technologies Inc.'s plan to form a global communications equipment giant may run into a roadblock next week in a state court in New Jersey. The companies face a showdown Sept. 6 with shareholders who want to postpone Lucent's Sept. 7 shareholder meeting on the merger as they pursue lawsuits to block it. The Superior Court of New Jersey in Union County

Firefox 2.0 Beta 2 unleashed 
Edging towards release Mozilla released a second beta version of its upcoming Firefox 2.0 browser on Thursday. The release is targeted at developers and intended to generate more feedback while also incorporating a number of bug fixes contained in the Beta 1 version of the code, released in July.

Privacyware and Privatefirewall Named 2006 Readers Choice Award Winner by Windows IT Pro 
Privatefirewall desktop security software wins Windows IT Pro Readers Choice Awards. (PRWEB Sep 1, 2006) Trackback URI: http://www.prweb.com/dingpr.php/RmFsdS1UaGlyLVRoaXItTG92ZS1JbnNlLVplcm8=

Credit Card Protection - Renaissance fest tryouts are today


Renaissance fest tryouts are today
Charlotte Observer, NC - Aug 23, 2006... the Observer's Your Week section. Another program, Theft of Identity, will be 1:30 to 3:30 pm Sept. 19. This program teaches how ...

COLD SPRING ARRESTS
Campbell Community Recorder, KY - Aug 10, 2006... first degree, July 19. Nolan C. Sexton, 31, of 922 Park, front apartment, Newport, theft of identity, July 20. James T. Neal Jr., 49 ...

Sun News Report
Las Cruces Sun-News, NM - Aug 13, 2006... fraudulent use of. illegally obtained credit card, theft of identity and computer abuse between March 1 and June 9. Juan Alonzo Lopez ...

A Warren County grand jury on Wednesday indicted the following ...
Bowling Green Daily News,  United States - Aug 20, 2006... Stephenson, 33, address unavailable, first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance, tampering with physical evidence, theft of identity, second-degree ...

Thursday, August 31, 2006

Credit Card Protection - Microsoft to patch app that strips DRM technology


Microsoft to patch app that strips DRM technology
Infoworld - Email Security Reaches New Levels to Combat Evolving, Malicious Inbound Threats" - "2006 has seen startling growth in spam email and phishing attacks. Additionally, with organized crime now involved in spam and virus outbreaks organizations require

Verizon drops plans to impose DSL supplier surcharge
Infoworld - With Numara™ » Email Security Reaches New Levels to Combat Evolving, Malicious Inbound Threats" - "2006 has seen startling growth in spam email and phishing attacks. Additionally, with organized crime now involved in spam and virus outbreaks

Amazon.com offers Office 2007
Infoworld - Email Security Reaches New Levels to Combat Evolving, Malicious Inbound Threats" - "2006 has seen startling growth in spam email and phishing attacks. Additionally, with organized crime now involved in spam and virus outbreaks organizations require

SonicWALL intros Email Security 300
Cyber India Online - It provides protections against spam, phishing, virus. Other protection features include policy management, Content filtering, Inbound and outbound e-mail management, Time-Zero technology, DHA, Dos and Zombie protection and Framework for regulatory

Katrina scams continue
Miami Herald - The scams of Hurricane Katrina brought to light many of the methods that cyber-criminals use to fool consumers including ''phishing,'' a scam where identity thieves create bogus websites and send phony e-mails to steal money. Unfortunately, consumers

Wednesday, August 30, 2006

McAfee Releases Market-Leading Consumer Identity Theft Protection ... (Credit Card Protection)


McAfee Releases Market-Leading Consumer Identity Theft Protection ...
TechWeb - Aug 2, 2006... global leader in intrusion prevention and security risk management, today announced that it has addressed consumers' concern for identity theft protection as ...

Equifax owes damages in identity-theft lawsuit
Richmond Times Dispatch, VA - Aug 4, 2006MANASSAS -- A federal jury has ordered Equifax Information Services LLC to pay a Nokesville woman $351,000 in damages in an identity-theft lawsuit. ...

Moss Point alderman arrested on fraud, identity theft charges
Jackson Clarion Ledger, MS - Aug 15, 2006A Moss Point alderman was arrested Monday on bank and identity theft charges, FBI special agent Jason Pack said today. Alfred Bodden ...

emergency services
Mail Tribune, OR - 4 hours ago... Forgery, identity theft � Christina Anne Nissen, 22, of the 600 block of Northeast Tokay Heights, Grants Pass. Medford police ...

Monday, August 28, 2006

ID Theft - Redmond smoke shop linked to ID theft


Redmond smoke shop linked to ID theft
Seattle Times, United States - Aug 18, 2006By Anne Kim. More than 100 people have reported they may be victims of a credit-card scam police say operated out of a Redmond smoke ...

Mysterious Withdrawals Lead to ID Theft
WKRC 12, Cincinnati - Aug 24, 2006An area family says someone is taking money out of their checking account,, but who is behind the withdrawals remains a big mystery. ...

Much British ID theft not reported
United Press International - Aug 9, 2006LONDON, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- A British survey finds that many victims of identity theft apparently do not report the crime to police. ...

World: New software targets ID theft
Ottawa Citizen,  Canada - Aug 2, 2006McAfee Inc., the world's second-biggest anti-virus software maker, released new software yesterday to fight identity theft and protect wireless networks. ...

Sunday, August 27, 2006

Ex-Jaycees leader charged with credit card theft


Ex-Jaycees leader charged with credit card theft
Winona Daily News, MN - Jul 29, 2006By Jeff Dankert / Winona Daily News. A former Winona Jaycees leader has been charged with stealing $1,727 from a bank account last year. ...

Sun News Report
Las Cruces Sun-News, NM - Aug 13, 2006... fraudulent use of. illegally obtained credit card, theft of identity and computer abuse between March 1 and June 9. Juan Alonzo Lopez ...

Hunt steps up for the dot.con
ic SurreyOnline.co.uk, UK - Aug 4, 2006... The sentence she was serving at Downview was for credit card theft and pretending to be from the Home Office to pervert the course of justice. ...

Credit card theft under investigation
PensacolaNewsJournal.com, FL - Jul 27, 2006Pensacola police are investigating today two women suspected of using stolen credit cards to charge items worth thousands of dollars. ...