Posts Tagged ‘safety’
IN THE HEADLINES: The Man with 750 Identities
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● September 8, 2010
When police arrested 28-year-old Iguosade Osahon for identity theft in Brooklyn recently, they must have wondered who they were really arresting. After all, the alleged conman had stolen the identities of more than 750 individuals over a three year period, perhaps without ever even leaving home, and used those cloned identities to go on lavish [...]
In the Headlines: Hotels Are Hotbeds for Credit Card Scams
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● July 16, 2010
As you prepare for your long-awaited, and probably well-deserved summer vacation, be aware that thieves are looking forward to your vacation, too. The New York Times recently did a story that highlighted a little known fact about credit card thefts – that hotels held the Number 1 spot for credit card hacking last year, more [...]
The IDGuardian Podcast: Episode #011 — Identity Theft Against the Elderly
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 [...]
Identity Theft Targeting the Elderly
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 [...]
Mortage Tips
Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● June 14, 2010
We know by now that identity thieves are reaching far beyond credit card shopping sprees. A major risk for homeowners nowadays is mortgage fraud, which has been a huge contributor to this nation’s housing crisis. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reported that 67,190 mortgage fraud suspicious activity reports (SARs) were filed in 2009 with [...]
A Big Score in the Fight Against Identity Theft
Posted by: Anne Wallace in: ● May 17, 2010
This is National Police Week, an opportunity to acknowledge the sacrifice law enforcement officers and their families make on our behalf. The financial services companies that belong to ITAC, the Identity Theft Assistance Center, are especially grateful. We know it’s a difficult and dangerous job. Our members work with law enforcement everyday to keep you [...]
Profile of the Teenage Hacker
Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● May 10, 2010
Teenage hacking is nothing new. Jonathan James was the first juvenile sent to prison for hacking, and was just 16 years old when he was sentenced to six months in prison in 2000 after he hacked into the computers of NASA’s Defense Threat Reduction Agency. In that same year, a 15-year-old Canadian hacker using the [...]
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