Identity theft scams

By SamElli • January 29th, 2010

While tragedy can bring out the best of humanity, like all the donations and efforts being made for the survivors in Haiti.  Unfortunately, tragedy also brings out the identity thieves.  There are a wide variety of donation scams going around with the intention of stealing your money, and even your identity.  Identity thieves choose dark [...]

Protecting yourself from identity theft isn’t very difficult.  In most cases it only requires making a few life and social changes.  Changes that really won’t be that evident in the long run, but could be the difference between becoming a victim of identity theft.  After all, wouldn’t it be great to know that your identity [...]

There are many ways that identity thieves will try to get at your information.  Knowing those ways is great protection, as you’ll know how to combat every avenue an identity thief will use.  So thinking like a thief isn’t a bad idea, because you’ll be able to better protect yourself.  By strongly considering the ways [...]

Among the types of identity theft that are out there is synthetic identity theft.  Through synthetic identity theft a potential thief assumes a fictional identity in order to gain employment, credit/bank accounts, bank loans, etc.  But how does this affect you in the long run?  If someone has become a synthetic identity thief, therefore they’re [...]

Identity theft methods have advanced with technology.  The vast majority of identity theft scams are found lurking on the internet.  One of those common scams you may not have thought about, is IP identity theft.  Your IP or internet protocol, is your computer’s address, and is used to find the location of your computer, as [...]

Another identity theft scam you may not have considered, is cell phone identity theft.  You cell phone is a huge window into your personal life.  The information your phone stores, in the wrong hands, could absolutely be used against you.  That’s why, as with everything else, you should be careful about how you use your [...]

Just like most retail businesses count on holiday spending to make their profits soar every year, identity thieves function the same way.  According to the FBI identity theft affects around 10 million Americans every year, and that amounts to nearly $52billion stolen.  Most of that accumulates over the holidays, where shoppers are less willing to [...]

There are so many ways that scammers will try and take advantage of you, it’s almost impossible to try and list them all.  Keeping up on the scams as much as possible is a necessity however.  If you want to keep yourself safe from the identity thieves lurking about.  Here are a few of the [...]

With the holiday season comes a whole slew of holiday related scams.  Unfortunately many people see this time of year as a great vehicle to take advantage of people’s good will.  Identity thieves will use every tactic available to them to try and play upon your holiday cheer.  And if you’re not careful, those tactics [...]

Social networking scams are nothing new.  If you don’t already know by now, you should always be incredibly careful on sites like Facebook and Myspace.  Both offer huge gatherings of identity thieves just looking for easy prey.  If you aren’t careful you could become that prey, and it’s surprisingly easy for them to play upon [...]

Not many people really think about the information stored on an old smart phone, before upgrading to a new one.  Take the iPhone for example.  It’s a great resource to easily store information, and make checking email, making online purchases, etc incredibly easy.  The problem with that is the information that remains on the unit’s [...]

Being safe on a social networking site like Facebook or Myspace should be a top priority for every user.  Not everybody realizes that these sites are prime patrolling grounds for identity thieves.  We give up information so freely these days, not enough people think about the consequences.  You have to remember that the internet is [...]

Understanding the common techniques that thieves use to take hold of your identity is important.  With knowledge you can keep yourself safe.  By knowing what to avoid, and how to handle your personal information, you lower your risk.  So here are a few ways identity thieves operate.
One of the most common methods is to use [...]

How can you tell if someone has stolen your identity?  Knowing the preventative measures is useful, but how do you know when you’re a victim?  That’s extremely important, wouldn’t you think?  How can you fix your credit, if you didn’t know your credit needed fixing?
Well the first, best, and most effective way is to monitor [...]