How to Reset Your Gmail Password After Being Hacked

I finally got one of those “I’m stuck in London” emails. My friend Kate’s Gmail account was hacked, and everyone on her contact list received an email from a hacker posing as Kate:

“Hi, Apologies, but I made a quick trip, to London,United Kingdom and got mugged, my bag, stolen from me with my passport and credit cards in it. The embassy is willing to help by authorizing me to fly without on a temporary identification,

July 9, 2011 • Tags: Hacked • Posted in: Online Financial Innovations • No Comments

Why a Businessperson Chooses Business Cash Advance to Other Funding Option?

With the need of funds being paramount in every business at all times, you need to be prepared with a source to always accommodate for the same. Today, most businesspersons prefer business cash advance to other funding methods. There are reasons supporting their faith in this form of a loan. Let us look at some of them:

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Title Loan: Choose the Right Lender to Avoid Getting Cheated

There is always a question mark in the mind of people looking to apply for a title loan. The question is mainly concerning the place, where they can find a good deal. With internet flooded with forums, where you would find a lot of people complaining for fraud, you know that only the right step can help you get through this without a scar. Now, how do you avoid a fraud and get associated to a good lender:

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July 6, 2011 • Tags: title loan • Posted in: Identity Theft Tips • No Comments

Security Threat Concerns ATM Industry

Today, there are over 2.2 million ATMs worldwide, and by 2015 there will be around 3 million. ATM skimming accounts for as much as 30% of all data theft. That’s about $350,000 in fraud every day in the United States alone, or more than a billion dollars a year.

The ATM Industry Association is now attempting to address the security threat posed by decommissioned ATMs, urging ATM deployers to exercise more caution when discarding old machines.

This is partially in response to recent media reports about criminals who hunt for discarded ATMs in junkyards. Old ATMs sometimes contain stored card data. Criminals can study a discarded ATM’s security features in order to improve their own skimming techniques. The faces of old ATMs can also be used to mold plastic covers for skimming devices.

In some cases, used ATMs are purchased on eBay or Craigslist, then installed anywhere with ample foot traffic. The

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Home Invader Says God Told Him to Do it

Of all the things God would tell you to do, would it be break into someone’s house? Probably not. He might tell you to go invest in a home security system to prevent a home invasion but otherwise….no, I don’t think so.

Gawker reports “The Connecticut native was arrested for breaking into a strangers home, telling the owner that God made him do it, and then proceeding to smash statues of Roman soldiers and a marble table with a fireplace poker. Then he took a shower and dressed himself in the clothing of a deceased man who used to live there. When po

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July 3, 2011 • Tags: God, God Told • Posted in: Online Financial Innovations • No Comments