My new roommate’s 3 credit cards have been stolen and about $1000 charged.

Read my previous articles on this subject:

How do criminals get your information? and another article posted HERE

Here are just a few examples of how you can tell if you are a victim of identity theft.  You can read more Here.

Job seekers are targeted by the identity thieves.  Learn how to protect yourself while looking for a job.

Identity Theft definition in my own words.  Learn more about this crime and learn how to differentiate an identity theft and identity fraud.

With the recent economic downturn and a high unemployment rate, the identity theft crimes targeting job seekers is up by 345% or so. Out of all Identity Theft cases filed with the FTC in 2008, 15% of them were employment related.

This is, perhaps, one of the easiest ways to steal someone’s information. People are always looking for jobs or new careers. With so many different job sites and resources available on the Internet to the job seekers, it is sometimes difficult to recognize scams. The scammers hack into major job boards, or they create “dummy” job boards with a sole purpose of collecting information and selling it on the “underground” market, or they post fake job occupancies on the well –known job sites, or they pose as a background check company. Therefore, the job seekers need to take every precaution to avoid getting trapped by the scammers. Read the full story

In one of my previous posts, I expressed my opinion about a free service called MyIDScore. (Read Here).  I have mentioned in my post that I contacted MyIDScore in regards to my 310 id score while I was already an ID theft victim.  Last night, I finally got a delayed response.   I still think that the service is pointless and useless and, to me, nothing more than just a fun number guessing game.

Here is a response from MyIDScore, which would give you a better idea of how it works and the accuracy of their service.  Again, I am only expressing my own opinion about it and in any way would I want to influence my readers to share my opinion.  Try their service (I am glad it is free) and decide for yourself if it is worth your time. Read the full story

(ARA) – Nearly 10 million people in the United States were victims of identity fraud last year and, over the past two years alone, Americans have lost $8.5 billion to online con artists. When online criminals are so convincing, how do you avoid becoming a victim? And how do you know if you’ve already become a victim of a cybercrime and know where to go for help? Read the full story