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Pending city approval, free WiFi is expected to hit the streets of Boston this summer, turning about 16 existing pay phones into wireless hacking hotspots.
The hotspots will offer ongoing Internet access for an unlimited amount of time at no cost to users or taxpayers — but does the city know what it’s potentially doing to its throngs of residents, students, and tourists? Keep reading to learn the top four reasons this isn’t such a good idea. Read More
While ordering a hot cup of caffeine and hooking up to free internet has obvious advantages, many consumers aren’t aware that they’re in potentially dangerous “hot zones” for identity theft. Read on to learn more ways hackers harvest your personal information through your internet connection. Read More
Are you a social worker, attorney, or someone who likes helping others work to help resolve the issues identity theft causes?
If so, check out a new video from the Federal Trade Commission. The video is designed to help facilitators who assist consumers in repairing their identity. Entitled Helping Victims of Identity Theft, it’s the latest addition to the FTC’s library of resources that explain not only how to recognize identity theft, but also how to report it and repair the damage it can cause.
The FTC says it gets more complaints about identity theft each year than any other consumer issue, and estimates that nine million consumers become identity theft victims each year.
Other studies say that every three seconds, someone becomes a victim of identity theft. Click to check out this infographic made by insurance provider Protect Your Bubble. Read More
The ITRC has recently put together a survey on www.idtheftcenter.org attempting to find out what consumers know about medical identity theft. Click to find out more about the growing threat of medical identity fraud and how you can respond to this time-sensitive survey! Read More
The call center at the Identity Theft Resource Center is a busy place.
Our small group of Victim Advisors handle calls from all over the United States, dealing with everything from email account takeovers to medical identity theft and everything in between.
That being said, the same misconceptions come up again and again. We thought it would be a great idea to dispel some of these myths surrounding the issue of identity theft and replace them with the facts. Read More
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A 40-year-old Miami man has been arrested for allegedly filing fraudulent income-tax refund checks worth over $12 million. Turns out he’s not the only criminal doing this sort of crime in Florida, as the FTC just released that the Sunshine State tops the nation in identity-theft complaints and tax-related fraud!
Click to find out what the Miami man has been purchasing with the stolen funds (hint: it rhymes with Maddilac, Haguar, and Torshe). Read More
A man has been arrested in New York for allegedly participating in an international telecommunications fraud scheme that used more than 1,000 stolen identities to activate fraudulent mobile phone accounts. He then made telephone calls to fraudulent overseas numbers that charged a premium connection fee.
Click to find out why the “dialing for dollars” scheme could land him in prison for 20 years!
Last week we reviewed the new Identity Thief movie and shared a trailer of the hilarious hijinks between Melissa McCarthy and Jason Bateman. Not surprisingly, the subject of identity theft is getting a lot of mainstream coverage these days. In fact, the Today show’s website recently ran an article suggesting that identity theft is not as funny as in the movies.
Click to learn more about how Hollywood publicizing such a crime is forcing people to talk about an issue that is often misunderstood at best, ignored at worst. Plus, we share great security tips from our good friends at the Identity Theft Resource Council!
Funnywoman Melissa McCarthy, hilarious Jason Bateman, and a movie focused on raising awareness of identity theft? Bring on the popcorn!
The Identity Thief comedy, which premieres February 8, will hopefully raise awareness in a comical way. Click below to check out the trailer and prepare to laugh! Read More
With 2013 stretching out in front of us, we asked our friends at the ITRC to share their predictions about the big security issues we may expect to see. Click to find out their surprising predictions and how to protect yourself this year. Read More
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