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How to Prevent Child Identity Theft
Sep 1, 2007 by Tom Fragala
We wrote another article and have made it available in the resources section of this web site. Click here to find it: Stolen Innocence: How to Prevent Child Identity Theft. It has some very useful tips on how to prevent and detect...
Texas Law Allows Credit Freeze For All Residents
Sep 3, 2007 by Tom Fragala
In Texas, you can freeze your credit file, even if you aren’t a victim now. Under a new law that took effect Saturday, consumers can freeze their credit report without having to have a police report. When you freeze your...
Identity Theft via File Sharing Peer to Peer Network
Sep 6, 2007 by Tom Fragala
This is the first case I am aware of where someone was arrested for committing ID theft through peer-to-peer (P2P) networks, which are popular software and services for getting media including pirated movies, games and music. The story from PC...
Arizona Identity Theft Law Aims to Stop Employment Fraud
Sep 7, 2007 by Tom Fragala
At this time, according to state law, it's a felony if a person uses false identification leading to economic loss of $3,000 or more.On September 19, the law will change, making it a class three felony for anyone using false...
Credit Bureau TransUnion Offers Nationwide Credit Freeze
Sep 18, 2007 by Tom Fragala
TransUnion issued a press release that appears to be a bombshell. Still waiting to learn more about this. They are offering consumers in all 50 states and DC the ability to lock or freeze their credit file. Just how “frozen” it...
Equifax Joining TransUnion in Allowing Credit Freeze Nationwide
Sep 25, 2007 by Tom Fragala
It appears that Equifax is going to respond to TransUnion’s announcement to allow credit freezes nationwide. Same fee: $10 to freeze/unfreeze. No mention yet if victims will need to pay (I doubt it). And of course, they must comply with...
FBI Releases 2006 Crime Statistics
Sep 25, 2007 by Tom Fragala
The Federal Bureau of Investigation recently published its annual crime report, Crime in the United States, 2006. It may be more notable for what is excluded, rather than what it reports. Identity theft: Not included. Embezzlement, confidence games, forgery, check...
TJ Maxx (TJX) Controversial Data Breach Lawsuit Settlement
Sep 25, 2007 by Tom Fragala
In case you had not heard yet, TJ Maxx has made an offer to settle class action lawsuits over the enormous security breach they suffered recently (45 million customer accounts compromised). They offer credit monitoring to just 10% of the...
8 Reasons Why TransUnion Offered Nationwide Credit Freezes
Sep 26, 2007 by Tom Fragala
I have yet to see a much analysis of the reasons for the surprise announcement that TransUnion is going to offer all 50 states and DC the ability to freeze their credit file. Apparently, few saw the TransUnion move coming....
NetBank Fails, FDIC Insurance Reminder
Sep 28, 2007 by Tom Fragala
This is not something you want to see when you visit your bank’s website: NetBank, an internet-only bank with $2.5 BILLION in assets was shut down today. That’s right, shut down without warning to the depositors and customers. Customers that...
Bogus checks, wire transfer fraud and scams
Sep 29, 2007 by Tom Fragala
Ed Dickson, over at the Fraudwar blog, has an article that I wish citizen could read and every law enforcement officer would be trained on. It’s about this amorphous set of fraud and scams that are similar at one level, although they appear...
4 New ID Theft Prevention and Privacy Tools--With Free Trial
Sep 29, 2007 by Tom Fragala
This week we released a new version of our award-winning myTruston service. The new features are FREE to current members for a 45–day free trial period. These four new prevention and privacy services are: Credit bureau fraud alerts Chexsystems fraud alerts Stop...