Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● August 9, 2010
Last week, we reviewed a checklist of items needed to cover with kids (from toddlers to teens) before traveling internationally. In these blogposts, ID Guardian offers a series of checklists for when your kids fly and travel internationally. So far, we have run down the checklist for how to prepare for the trip. Now comes [...]
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travel,
TSA
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● July 30, 2010
If the best minds in our military intelligence community can’t spot a very obvious fake Facebook page, do you think you can do any better? The Washington Times recently exposed how a security consultant created a fake Facebook page for a pretty but non-existent young woman called Robin Page, who claimed she was a “cyber [...]
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● July 22, 2010
The more desperate job hunters become, the more risks they may be prepared to take. That often means providing potential employers or recruiters with a wealth of personal information, including name, home address, date and place of birth, entire work history and even Social Security numbers. If you’re hunting for a job, providing this kind [...]
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scam,
Social Security
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● June 23, 2010
Welcome to the IDGuardian Podcast. These audio and video columns can be listened and or viewed to in a variety of ways: Through the blog via the media player found in this blogpost Through a manual download by clicking on the “Download” link By subscribing through iTunes This episode features Neal O’Farrell, an expert on [...]
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identity theft,
Neal O' Farrell,
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scam,
security,
senior citizens,
seniors
Posted by: Anne Wallace in: ● June 21, 2010
A national law enforcement official who oversees a program to protect the elderly recently told us that fraud against older people is on the increase. We see these heart-breaking cases everyday at ITAC: older people victimized by a con artist, family member or friend. They take advantage of the older person’s loneliness, generosity, and in [...]
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scam,
security
Posted by: Jerry Thompson in: ● May 3, 2010
If you are not already aware of this fact, let me state it plain and simple: The days when hackers were only interested in your bank and brokerage account user names and passwords just to clean out your accounts are long gone. Oh, they’re still out there; but there is a very robust market for [...]
Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● April 14, 2010
With graduation season closing in, we have presented commentary on the graduate’s Social Media and Credit Footprints, long-lasting impressions that can make an impact on a person’s reputation particularly in the working world. If you are graduating, or know someone who is about to take that walk to accept academic accolades, extend to them this [...]
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