Comments on: Identity Theft Protection This Holiday Season http://myidentitytheftblog.com/archives/identity-theft-protection-this-holiday-season/ Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:36:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mike http://myidentitytheftblog.com/archives/identity-theft-protection-this-holiday-season/comment-page-1/#comment-761 Mike Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:36:28 +0000 http://myidentitytheftblog.com/?p=257#comment-761 As more and more holiday buying happens in ecommerce stores, online shoppers should take extra precaution over the holidays, as well. As more and more holiday buying happens in ecommerce stores, online shoppers should take extra precaution over the holidays, as well.

]]> By: Sundavy http://myidentitytheftblog.com/archives/identity-theft-protection-this-holiday-season/comment-page-1/#comment-192 Sundavy Sat, 14 Mar 2009 03:59:13 +0000 http://myidentitytheftblog.com/?p=257#comment-192 The worst part of using ATM: if you use your ATM card to pay for things at stores, the store may store your ATM transaction information in their system, including your pin number. The store's machine mostly is not that secure and a criminal can hack it relative easily. So no third party is a good suggestion. But on the other one, your bank machine is not 100% secure. One trick is called ATM Withholding: Card Withholding is a scam where the thief places a substance in the machine that will cause your card to get stuck inside the ATM. The thief may be in line behind you watching you enter your PIN or there may be hidden cameras. When you leave the machine frustrated that your card is stuck inside, the thief will remove your card with pliers (or some tool). The worst part of using ATM: if you use your ATM card to pay for things at stores, the store may store your ATM transaction information in their system, including your pin number. The store’s machine mostly is not that secure and a criminal can hack it relative easily. So no third party is a good suggestion.
But on the other one, your bank machine is not 100% secure. One trick is called ATM Withholding: Card Withholding is a scam where the thief places a substance in the machine that will cause your card to get stuck inside the ATM. The thief may be in line behind you watching you enter your PIN or there may be hidden cameras. When you leave the machine frustrated that your card is stuck inside, the thief will remove your card with pliers (or some tool).

]]> By: Ishan http://myidentitytheftblog.com/archives/identity-theft-protection-this-holiday-season/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Ishan Sun, 08 Feb 2009 18:50:41 +0000 http://myidentitytheftblog.com/?p=257#comment-132 This is a very interesting article. Identity Theft has to be classified as the biggest fraud that is being committed nowadays. The sheer number of people that are effected by it is just mind boggling. I read on FTC Website that that more than 9 million Americans are impacted by Identity Theft every year. And a big reason for that is people still do not fully understand What exactly Identity Theft is. Most of the people still think that Identity Theft means stealing someone's Social Security Number. But that's not true, and Identity Theft has a much wider scope. Understanding what Exactly Identity theft is helps in taking effective steps in preventing it. This is a very interesting article. Identity Theft has to be classified as the biggest fraud that is being committed nowadays. The sheer number of people that are effected by it is just mind boggling. I read on FTC Website that that more than 9 million Americans are impacted by Identity Theft every year. And a big reason for that is people still do not fully understand What exactly Identity Theft is. Most of the people still think that Identity Theft means stealing someone’s Social Security Number. But that’s not true, and Identity Theft has a much wider scope.

Understanding what Exactly Identity theft is helps in taking effective steps in preventing it.

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