In our last article about wireless identity theft we covered wardriving: the practice of finding and exploiting open wireless connections. Identity fraud via wardriving is unnerving, to say the least, but RFID-enabled fraud is downright spooky. Security experts fear that this may allow fraudsters to steal personal information from your
wallet at a distance.
We want you to protect your good name, but we don't want you to get paranoid about it! Nevertheless, some recent developments in identity theft are pretty frightening. What if we told you a criminal could steal your personal information out of thin air? Scary? Yes - and absolutely possible. New technology lets fraudsters steal your identity through wireless communications channels
Your mailbox is a valuable resource for identity thieves. Remember that ID thieves get a lot of their information through plain old physical theft. Your mailbox is no exception. It's often the easiest way for an identity thief to acquire personal information and access to your credit. Fortunately, there are a few easy things you can do to greatly reduce the risk.
This recent identity theft case illustrates some important facts about identity theft and what you can do to prevent it. To sum up, police arrested a man in Texas in connection with an identity theft case affecting over 1,100 University of California, Irvine students.
Here are four interesting facts from the case that will help you understand identity theft and suggest tips to stop it.
Services like
LifeLock provide an extra level of protection against identity theft. Beyond that, the best thing you can do is to take simple, commonsense precautions in everyday life. Here are five of the most useful identity theft prevention tips.
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