Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● May 2, 2011
Do you have any inactive smartphones or cellphones in your house? Chances are you do; and as there is credit to be earned towards a brand new smartphone or a deduction to add to your tax report, donating an old cellphone to a charitable organization or recycling an older model phone is the smart, responsible, [...]
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Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● April 11, 2011
Administrators’ Note: Just last month, we ran this article concerning tax preparation and the scams found cropping up around this time. With deadlines fast approaching, we present a re-post of our March 8 posting, complete with tips that will keep you safe before and after the 2010 tax season. Tax season involves the exchange of [...]
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Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● March 11, 2011
March ushers in warmer temperatures, a deep-seeded passion for college hoops, and a change from the bleakness of Winter to something brighter and livelier. March also means students begin planning for their Spring Break destinations. Some may head down south to Key West or even further into the tropics. Some may set their week-long respite [...]
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Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● February 8, 2011
Today, Javelin Strategy & Research released their eighth annual Identity Fraud Survey Report. Sponsored in part by Intersections, Inc., Javelin’s Identity Fraud Survey Report is the most comprehensive research study of identity theft cases in the United States. It assesses the effectiveness of methods used for fraud prevention, detection and resolution and provides the basis [...]
Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● January 10, 2011
Welcome to the New Year! Around this time resolutions are made (and forgotten) and people are working on mastering their “big gift” from the holidays. If your Wish List included items from the Top Ten Most Wanted of 2010 Christmas Gifts, chances are you found an iPad under your tree, or an iPhone, Droid, or [...]
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Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● December 20, 2010
You constantly hear around this holiday season things like “Has it really been a year?” or “Hard to believe we’re already at the end of the year…” but looking back on the postings, the podcasts, and the headlines we have shared with you, it is hard to believe that a year has passed, and what [...]
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Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● August 18, 2010
Identity theft continues to be one of the fastest growing crimes in the country and according to the Federal Trade Commission, 5 percent of all identity theft complaints in 2008 were victims under the age of one. Younger aged children are often targeted by identity thieves because the crime can go undetected for longer periods [...]
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Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● August 16, 2010
Facebook has been discussing the notion of a dislike button. The reason for such a tool is to show a shared disdain in your community for something you happen to be posting on your page. Today, as reported by Mashable’s Stan Schroeder, there is a new Facebook phishing scam, this one working under the deception [...]
Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● August 2, 2010
International vacations, in the early days of commercial flight, were once reserved for an exclusive few. As depicted in Young Indiana Jones, children rarely got the chance to span the globe; but when they did, exciting situations would unfold. Today, with air fares becoming more affordable and the Internet connecting cultures more readily, young people [...]
Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● July 8, 2010
ID Guardian presents a special video posting today: an in-depth look at the Identity Theft Assistance Center through the experiences of an identity theft victim. Through Intersections’ exclusive partnership with ITAC, the Identity Theft Assistance Center, we have been able to help hundreds of companies manage breaches affecting millions of people and assist thousands more [...]
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