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Tips, Reviews, & Sources to aid Consumers in Protecting and Preventing their Credit and Personal Information from Identity Theft and Fraud.
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LendingTree Sues over Data Breach
Two former Vice Presidents of LendingTree are alleged to
have stolen customer passwords which subsequently allowed
up to 5 home loan lenders to gain unauthorized access to
sensitive consumer...
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Identity Theft Justice Extremes
In a bizarre twist to two cases of identity
theft, one perpetrator faces a life sentence
while another has their previous conviction
over turned by the courts.
Maryland's highest court...
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Identity Theft Ranking of Corporate America
Consumers really have no reliable way to determine
the relative safety of their business and banking
relationships against identity theft. With the lack
of widely available public information...
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Identity Theft Ranking of Corporate America [Flickr]
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Consumers really have no reliable way to determine
the relative safety of their business and banking
relationships against identity theft. With the lack
of widely available public information available,
the average citizen faces a diminished ability to
discern which institutions are actively competing
to protect you from identity theft.
That is until just now. 
Credit Bureau Alleges Lifelock Identity Theft Service is Fraud
Credit-reporting agency Experian has filed a lawsuit
against identity theft services company Lifelock,
charging it with "misleading advertising and fraud."
Additionally, Lifelock, allegedly placed...
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Credit-reporting agency Experian has filed a lawsuit
against identity theft services company Lifelock,
charging it with "misleading advertising and fraud."
Additionally, Lifelock, allegedly placed fraud alerts
illegally on credit files maintained by Experian. 
Identity Thief Top 10 List Suspect Caught
In Phoenix, AZ, a 24 year old woman was apprehended
for multiple counts of identity theft across three different
cities.
It seems, this woman committed her first act of
identity theft when she...
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In Phoenix, AZ, a 24 year old woman was apprehended
for multiple counts of identity theft across three different
cities.
It seems, this woman committed her first act of
identity theft when she stole a purse from a woman's
car when she was dropping her child off at daycare.
idtheftsecrets.blogspot.com/2008/02/identity-thief-top-10... 
Identity Theft Greatest 2008 Threat From P2P File Sharing
While 2007 saw a record number of consumers negatively impacted,
2008 promises to continue with an abnormally high amount of data
breaches as identity thieves continue to adjust their tactics to...
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Stolen Laptop Identity Theft Leads to Free Debix Protection
In Nashville, the local government is providing no cost
identity theft protection to 337,000 registered voters
as a result of a December 24th theft of two laptops
from the Davidson County Election...
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EDS To Provide $1,000,000 Free Identity Theft Coverage
EDS, the Plano, Texas data services firm, announced today
it will provide one year of free identity theft insurance and
credit monitoring for 260,000 Wisconsin residents whose
Social Security...
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Become a Privacy Grinch with New Search Eraser
This Xmas act like the Grinch and start eliminating
your personal search history you've been unwittingly
providing for years to the major search engines such
as Google, Yahoo, MSN, &...
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Identity Theft Couple Caught
In what has been called the Bonnie & Clyde of identity theft, a Philadelphia area couple faces charges of committing an estimated $100,000 in fraud to fund their rich life style.
According to...
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Is Facebook Ads Beacon a Privacy and Identity Theft Threat?
Facebook, the rapidly expanding social networking site, with their
announced new ad targeting system may be an invasion of consumer
privacy from the sharing of their user's purchases from at least...
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Identity Theft Can Put You in Jail While Criminals Go Free
Think identity theft only results in fraudulent transactions on your
credit card. Think again, as a New Mexico man recently learned wound
up spending nearly a week in jail due to the misdeeds of an...
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Pathology Group Patient Data Stolen Exposes 70,000 to Identity Theft
A Memphis area testing laboratory was the victim of stolen computers
containing the highly sensitive personal information of patients with
recent lab work.
It seems amongst the data contained on the...
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Ameriquest Mortgage Exposes Credit Reports and SSN to Identity Thieves
With this summer's melt down of the sub-prime mortgage
industry, Ameriquest was found to have dumped 40 boxes
worth of their customer's highly confidential credit information
into the trash dumpsters...
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Microsoft Facebook Users Identity Theft Risk
Although with this week's big acquisition move by Microsoft,
Facebook users are still facing an even larger latent identity
theft potential.
In a recent example of how providing just a few...
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Identity Theft Gone Dog Wild
In a uniquely odd new way for identity theft
to be perpetrated, an 84 year old New York woman,
was scammed for at least $50,000 in fraudulent ATM
and credit transactions.
It seems the owner of an...
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Corporate Identity Thief Raises The Stakes In Business Fraud
In a sign of identity theft maturing as a crime, the latest evidence
points to an alarming new level of fraudulent behavior.
It seems, in Southern California, a man stands accused of...
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Recent Identity Theft Survey Reveals More Americans Fear Identity Theft
In a recent poll sponsored by the office super store
giant, Staples, over 7 out of 10 Americans indicated
an increased fear of identity theft from just two
years ago.
According to the Staples web...
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Vet's Burial Plot Stolen by Identity Thief
In what has to be the final insult to one's life here on earth,
a Vietnam veteran's burial plot was discovered already
occupied by an identity thief.
According to the News Day:
"Calverton officials...
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Experian to Offer File Freeze to Consumers Nationwide
As a follow on to our most recent articles
involving Trans Union and Equifax, Experian
announced this past Thursday it too will now
to freeze credit reports to consumers nation
wide.
According to...
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Identity Theft Victim Discovery Last for Months
Most identity theft victims time to actually discover this
crime of fraud has been committed against them falls into
two intervals. Disturbingly, over 40% of the victims do
not discover identity...
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Id Theft Secrets Widget Buzz Dashboard Launches
Today, we introduce an important new tool for you
to fight back against identity theft. The Id Theft
Secrets blog now is also available on a easy to
use widget dashboard that you can simply place...
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Gap Identity Theft from Stolen Laptop Exposes 800,000 Job Applicants
From the when will companies ever learn file, 800,000
job applicants from the Gap affiliated stores became
the latest identity theft victims due to a stolen laptop
containing unencrypted personal...
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Dad Steals Son's Identity to Buy A Cadillac
In another sad incident of a father committing
identity theft against his own son, a New York
state man has been arrested after attempting
to secure an auto loan with the son's social
security number...
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Million Dollar Jamaican Identity Theft
A man is accused of identity theft after withdrawing
over $1,000,000 from a Jamaican credit union and
then took out a $800,000 loan using just a driver's
license all of which happened in only 2...
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