tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50240164603170279692024-10-24T02:03:33.350-07:00Information and tools to prevent and protect against the crime of our times -- identity theftCharliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09539473418475219881noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5024016460317027969.post-81001412237265902772009-11-16T09:51:00.000-08:002009-12-08T19:31:37.801-08:00

If you have surfed around this blog a bit, feel free to consider yourself a bit of an expert on the subject of identity theft. You understand that this is a crime wave. You know credit card fraud accounts for barely 1/4 of the total picture -- and not even the most damaging 1/4 at that. You have read a few horror stories.  Now you're ready to act and protect your family against identity

Charliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09539473418475219881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5024016460317027969.post-7126261949682170822009-11-10T04:53:00.000-08:002009-11-10T07:23:07.847-08:00

There are a lot of misconceptions about identity theft. I'd like to clear a few of those up for you.Myth: The main danger from this crime is a financial one.Fact: The financial losses from identity theft are massive, to be sure, totalling $46 billion. This would more accurately be called identity fraud, though. Identity theft facilitates many other types of criminal activity such as terrorism

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This post is about the penalties -- specifically jail time -- for committing identity theft. What are the consequences for committing identity theft? The short answer: Not strict enough to deter hardcore criminals from stealing your personal information.The charge is "aggravated identity theft." The maximum penalty for committing it is 15 years in prison if the damages were over $1,000 in a

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How does an identity thief accomplish the feat of stealing another person's identity and "becoming" that person? It seems like it should be a pretty tough thing to do, right?Here is the great paradox: Back in the good old days, before Social Security numbers, computer databases, driver's licenses, credit bureaus, and all the other ways that various government and commercial entities track

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Hellish tales of terror are not only for Halloween when it comes to identity theft.The ghosts and goblins are everywhere: They're hacking your computer, working in your doctor's office, even sifting through your trash late at night, patiently putting the pieces of information together that give them enough of you to steal your life. But you're smart, right? You protect yourself. If that nice

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People who know me have asked me about this blog. They're like, "What's up with that identity theft protection blog of yours?" And I act puzzled even though I know what they're getting at, "What do you mean?" "It looks like you're just trying to sell that identity theft protection product." "Yeah, what of it?" "Well, it's just... a little crass of you. You're usually so informative." This

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Remember when you were a kid, how safe you felt in the presence of your parents? Everybody wants that feeling. Personally, I would give almost anything to have that feeling again.Imagine your guardian angel, constantly hovering over your shoulder to protect you. No matter how strongly you believe in this entity, you cannot know for an indisputable fact that it exists. Wouldn't it be nice to

Charliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09539473418475219881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5024016460317027969.post-1225040334644287782009-10-19T17:17:00.000-07:002009-12-14T07:50:29.418-08:00

This is a common question. Everyone should know that identity theft is a huge problem, but few understand how the thieves steal the identities of honest, law-abiding citizens.  Why would an honest person even think about it? This is a difficult post for me to write because I am walking a fine line between helping people to prevent identity theft and giving the criminals ideas. It will be

Charliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09539473418475219881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5024016460317027969.post-12854355523385458392009-10-10T14:40:00.000-07:002009-10-28T18:12:44.439-07:00

Did you hear that Ben Bernanke's wife was a victim of identity theft? If the chairman of the Federal Reserve, one of the most powerful men in America, can become a victim, you had better believe it could happen to you.Bernanke was affected when someone stole his wife's checkbook, and the thieves only took money -- a few hundred thousand dollars. They were caught rather quickly. That is what we

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The more I study identity theft in this country, the more it shocks me. If you go on YouTube and search for "sex offenders," then watch the newsy videos, you will see that in many cases, they use stolen identities to avoid detection. One guy was even working at a carnival, as in, around children! That guy was not just a sex offender, he was a career criminal with a long list of arrests and

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In a world full of identity theft protection products, it can be confusing to find the best one. Some of the biggest players out there (LifeLock, for example) have been hit with big lawsuits and lots of complaints. (Having tried LifeLock, I can see why -- they do not give you much for your money.) Some of them over-promise, and some of them are just outright scams. Not so with Identity

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(Note: This is an extreme example to illustrate a simple point.)Before I knew as much as I do now about identity theft, my concept of the criminal who commits this crime was much different.Picture when you think of identity thieves? You might imagine some acne-ridden hacker in Russia stealing your credit card number and using it to buy himself a new gaming system. That happens once in a while;

Charliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09539473418475219881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5024016460317027969.post-43959596989018096822009-09-26T10:24:00.000-07:002009-10-28T18:08:17.503-07:00

Identity theft is popular with criminals for four reasons: 1. It is an easy crime to commit 2. It is an easy crime to get away with 3. Identity theft can be lucrative 4. The economy has created a lot of desperate people who see ID theft as a "victimless crime" (which, of course, it is not)If your identity has been stolen -- and if you are one of the lucky ones who still has a job and a

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Look, if you read the articles below, you know that identity theft is a huge and growing problem. If you are affected, it will upset every aspect of your life. There is no doubt about this. Furthermore, if you are affected by identity theft, you probably won't know about it until months or years later. That's what the statistics say, anyway. If you have anything at all to lose, you need to

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Thieves no longer need to take those risks!Overall, crime has been on a steady decline for about 15 years now. That's a good thing. One crime (or, really, a whole class of crimes) has seen a meteoric rise over that time: identity theft. That's a bad thing.Criminals no longer need to take big risks for small payouts. That's the truth. A burglary will net the average burglar under $500, and

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...an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.If you had cancer, you'd want to find out about it as soon as possible, would you not? Identity theft is exactly the same. The sooner you catch it, the better. That's why you need to use tools to check up on yourself and your status in the Big Computer in the Sky. If someone runs around for months or years using your identity, they will

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Ten million Americans are going to be affected by identity theft this year. You had better make sure you're not one of them because it messes up a lot more than your credit report. It tangles up every aspect of your life from your financial well being to your sense of personal security. This blog will be devoted to helping people avoid the terrible consequences of identity theft.I want to

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