This is a story about identity theft and how I discovered my identity had been stolen. Some of the headaches, the endless paperwork and the things I wished I would have known years ago. I am determined to get back to a FICO score above 720

Teen accused of stealing identity of Autistic friend. 35,000 bucks in debt

Posted by Kevin

This article brought to mind my one of my uncles.  He used to be a cop and was involved in investigations like these for more than a decade.  Out of the countless conversations we’ve had on the subject of crime (which is a lot, trust me!) one line stands out to me as particularly appropriate: [...]

Identity theft Through Phishing

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Last month,  I happen to click on an email sent to me through my yahoo mail about a big money that a certain bank will transfer to my account. As usual they wanted all of the info like credit card number, bank account number, phone number, etc. This is “as mentioned in the message ” [...]

Identity Theft is an Epidemic

Posted by Kevin

I like the issue of Times Daily .com of June 1, 2009 written by Tom Smith, Senior Staff Writer. Compelling everyone’s awareness to avoid Identity Theft which is at epidemic status according to the Federal Trade Commission. They say that identity theft was up to 50 percent increase from 2007 to 2008. Not just one [...]