Posts Tagged ‘Washington D.C.’
IN THE HEADLINES: Feds Increase Their Focus on Child Identity Theft
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● July 25, 2011
In a highly publicized event in Washington, DC on July 12th, the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime hosted Stolen Futures: A Forum on Child Identity Theft, a one-day forum on the growing problem of child identity theft and what we need to do to help prevent it. [...]
PODCAST SPECIAL: Concerning Child Identity Theft (with Anne Wallace and Steve Schwartz)
Posted by: Anne Wallace in: ● July 6, 2011
As we have mentioned on this blog, child identity theft is a growing concern, and on July 12, The Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice are hosting a forum on this alarming issue. Experts from a variety of resources including government, business, non-profit, legal service providers, as well as victim advocates will [...]
Warning: Email Scammers Prey Upon the Unemployed
Posted by: Michael Stanfield in: ● January 19, 2011
While many economists are increasingly upbeat about the pace of the economic recovery, the jobless rate remains painfully high at 9.4 percent. With this persistent weakness in the job market, scammers are turning to the internet with a new take on traditional work-from-home scams. As WTOP recently reported, one popular scam entails emails to victims [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: A Reminder That Not All Identity Theft Is High Tech
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● September 3, 2010
For this Friday, here’s a little reminder from the summer that not all identity theft involves online transactions and malware… A security guard in the Washington DC area was recently charged in connection with a long running and lucrative identity theft scheme that was so simple and easy, it bordered on brilliant. And it’s used [...]
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