All About Identity Theft

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Saturday, November 11, 2006

CREDIT CARD PROBE LEADS TO AREA MOTEL RAID


CREDIT CARD PROBE LEADS TO AREA MOTEL RAID
Joliet Herald News, IL - Nov 3, 2006... Joliet. County police arrested 10 people as part Operation Sleep Over, investigating credit card theft at seven area hotels. Will ...

Augusta County Indictments
Staunton News Leader, VA - Oct 27, 2006... Sandra S. Clayton, 42, of 9 Sandstone Lane, Stuarts Draft, is indicted on two counts of credit card theft, two counts of credit card forgery and one count of ...

Police Briefs
Staunton News Leader, VA - Oct 11, 2006... trailer.". STAUNTON � Lorena Truslow of 79 Woodlee Road, apt. 4, was arrested with a felony credit card theft charge Sunday. Augusta ...

Escapee treks north to Missouri, gives up
Arkansas Democrat Gazette, AR - Oct 13, 2006... sentence for 11 total convictions for forgery, hot checks, theft of leased property, theft by receiving, fraudulent use of a credit card, theft of property and ...

Shaver pleads not guilty
Press of Atlantic City, NJ - Oct 24, 2006... Grand jurors indicted Shaver on charges of armed robbery, robbery, aggravated assault, theft, possession of a weapon, credit card theft, unlawful use of a ...

LimeWire Bears Brunt of Identity Theft Concerns (Credit Card Protection)


LimeWire Bears Brunt of Identity Theft Concerns
Slyck, NY - Oct 30, 2006There�s an ugly truth to being part of the online kingdom � the risk of identity theft. Although no formal study has ever indicated ...

Identity theft may be linked to Wesco purchases
Grand Haven Tribune, MI - Nov 2, 2006... Several other Tri-Cities residents are being victimized by apparent fraud and identity theft, and they may be tied to use of a credit card to pay for gas at ...

Identity theft suspect denied bail
Honolulu Advertiser, HI - 22 hours ago... The detective testified at a hearing yesterday on a defense request to release Calucag under supervision in the identity theft case. ...

Identity Theft - Think you're not at risk?
YourHub.com, CO - Nov 1, 2006We've all seen the funny commercials poking fun at the victims of identity theft. And, while many of us sit back and laugh and think ...

Action Line: Shredding documents can stop identity theft
San Jose Mercury News,  USA - Nov 3, 2006By Dennis Rockstroh. The other morning, about 6 am, I heard a bang, which turned out to be the dumpster lid. A woman had climbed ...

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

FBI: Internet (ID Theft) scam probe probably will be fruitless


FBI: Internet scam probe probably will be fruitless
Crossville Chronicle - More information about the probe in Crossville, which started with a phone call from a credit card theft victim in Virginia, is coming to light as two sheriff's investigators continue their probe into the local connection in the World Wide Web scam.

Burglar gets 10 years; victim says it’s not enough
Maui News - records show he was sentenced in July to a 10-year prison term after being found guilty of two counts of first-degree burglary, five counts of second-degree theft, unauthorized control of a propelled vehicle and three counts of credit card theft. The

Police blotter
TheState.com - An $800 computer was stolen at the same time of the credit card theft, the woman said. LEXINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF Pelion Road, 1600 block: A man called police at 9 a.m. Wednesday after he woke up to find his car had been stolen. The man told deputies a

Wife who stole villagers' credit secrets is jailed
Daily Telegraph - A school governor's wife who spent more than £3,000 after stealing neighbours' credit card details at a school fund-raising event was jailed for eight months yesterday. Sarah Watkins, 38, bought exotic lingerie , wine, equestrian equipment and

Chicago hotel employees charged with credit card theft
WNDU - Chicago, IL - A different money making venture has been taking place in Chicago. If you have spent some time in the Windy City, you might want to take a close look at your credit card statements. Ten owners and employees at several Chicago area hotel

King George County grand jury indictments
Free Lance-Star - Christina Marie Green, 28, Port Royal, 10 counts identity theft, five counts grand larceny, three counts attempt to steal currency, three counts credit card fraud, two counts credit card theft, two counts steal currency. Leah Ann Gustafson, 39

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

msystems(TM) Launches mToken, Providing Smart Card Functionality (Identity Theft)


msystems(TM) Launches mToken, Providing Smart Card Functionality
MSN MoneyCentral - With the rise of identity theft, phishing and other online fraud, there is a strong need to offer portable, user-friendly smart card-enabled platform for seamless two-factor authentication and security services, such as digital signature and data

Britons to log on to Christmas Internet shopping boom
PhysOrg - Web surfing? , February 16, 2006 Anti-phishing 'posses' hunt criminals , October 05, 2005 Globe Talk: Web not answer to all just yet , June 23, 2006 In Brief: Britain cautions risks of Internet use , June 21, 2006 Networking: Picking the next

Pharming attacks
ZDNet - It's related to phishing, but even more sinister. Find out how pharming attacks hijack Internet domains and what you can do to protect yourself. Host: Robert Vamosi, senior editor, CNET Virus vs. spyware CLICK NOW TO WATCH VIDEO Which is it? Once you

moka5 Delivers Windows and Linux Virtual Computers on the Go and on
Yahoo Finance - One example of a LivePC in the library is the "Fearless Browser" which prevents spyware and phishing while allowing users to browse anonymously and communicate securely via email or instant messaging. To pre-register for the service, consumers can go

VOIP is step toward open IT
Infoworld - Protecting Against the Broadest Range of Blended Threats - Email threats are getting more and more sophisticated as spam, viruses, phishing, and spyware blend together. Learn how to thwart today's sophisticated blended threats. » Solve wireless

Identity Theft Threatens MySpace Users
Hilltop - In October 2006, Netcraft, an Internet analysis company, discovered that a MySpace.com user had coerced unsuspecting victims into giving up their account details through a practice known as "phishing." In order to acquire personal information from

Monday, November 06, 2006

More News  (ID Theft)


More News 
The following information was provided to The Progress-Index by the Dinwiddie County Sheriffs Office. McCoy Jones, 30, of the 5900 block of Church Road was charged with 11 counts of distribution of cocaine, 8 counts of forgery and uttering (Petersburg offense) and failure to appear on Oct. 28.

Tourists caught in Benidorm violence 
The increasing number of violent assaults in Benidorm has set back attempts by the Spanish resort to attract a more upmarket clientele. Charles Starmer-Smith reports.

Escaped Inmate Back In Custody 
An escaped Muscogee County inmate is back in custody after being captured outside a school in Phenix City. Walker Sapree was captured Saturday, after walking off a work detail Friday morning in Columbus.

TANKER FLIPS 
A truck driver was seriously injured yesterday when the fully loaded tanker he was driving flipped on the New Jersey Turnpike exit ramp in Woodbridge, causing highly diluted liquid chlorine to leak from the truck and stream down the ramp.

Sunday, November 05, 2006

Identity Theft Prevention - Police and Fire reports


Police and Fire reports
Winchester Sun - Baylous, 39, of Lexington Saturday with alcohol intoxication, indecent exposure and theft of identity. John Tipton, 28, of 190 Tuggle Branch Road, Ravenna, was charged Friday by Winchester Police with careless driving, failure to maintain insurance

Urine incident prompts security overhauls
Daily Independent - Nick Kintigos was charged with two counts of disorderly conduct, two counts of second-degree criminal trespassing, and theft of identity, according to a Greenup deputy jailer. He also faces an escape charge in an unrelated incident. He was in the

Hobbs pleads not guilty to ID theft
Deming Headlight - Padron was charged with conspiracy to commit tampering with public records, two counts of conspiracy in theft of identity and 95 counts of theft of identity. The stolen records were reportedly eight to 10 years old and stored in a facility thought to

Indictments - Rockfield man indicted on robbery charges
Bowling Green Daily News - A, three counts theft over $300, three counts theft of mail, theft of identity, second-degree persistent felony offender, transfer district court bond. Jessica Virginia Payne, 24, Smiths Grove, first-degree possession of a controlled substance