Debit Cards Fraud Means Difficult Recovery
I get unfortunate emails like this all the time: “I was a victim of debit card fraud. I live in Las Vegas, NV and have a debit card and I know that not all rules apply for debit cards. We had a problem out here with “skimming.” Over $300.00 dollars was taken from my account [...]
Worst Person: Google Fires Creep Engineer for Accessing User Accounts to Stalk Teens
One often wonders just how protected our personal information is within major organizations like Google, Facebook, our banks and the like. The average cynic would believe that these organizations host pizza parties where employees get together and pour through our personal data for kicks. But the truth is far from that…at least at Google, where [...]
If Grandma Steals Your Identity, You Can Turn Her In (For Real)
It is believed that somewhere between three and five out of every 10 cases of identity theft is committed by a family member or friend. And as our ITAC blog readers know, we have been covering the family-on-family identity theft for a while and unfortunately, it is all too common. In keeping in this vein, [...]
The FDIC Alerts Consumers of Scam
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is not calling consumers to collect on their loans. According to an FDIC alert, there have been phone calls from individuals pretending to be the FDIC. The FDIC inherits most of the bad loans in bank failures, said it does not call consumers about making loan payments. Its warning said [...]
Celebrity Burglaries and Home Invasions
I’m not one to dish on celebs, although I did just meet Mario Lopez on the set of EXTRA. Cool dude took a pic with me. Celebs are no different than you and I. They are fallible and vulnerable humans, who just get lots more attention. With one big exception; they are much bigger targets [...]