Comments for Identity Theft Protection and ID Theft Prevention Blog http://myidentitytheftblog.com Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:36:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Identity Theft Protection This Holiday Season 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.

]]> Comment on Identity Theft Protection This Holiday Season 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).

]]> Comment on Identity Theft Protection This Holiday Season 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.

]]> Comment on Email Scams Just Got More Personal, Literarily by dexter http://myidentitytheftblog.com/archives/email-scams-just-got-more-personal-literarily/comment-page-1/#comment-27 dexter Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:02:08 +0000 http://myidentitytheftblog.com/?p=242#comment-27 Someone really decided to put on their thinking cap, great going! It’s fantastic to see people really writing about the important things. Someone really decided to put on their thinking cap, great going! It’s fantastic to see people really writing about the important things.

]]> Comment on Free Identity Theft Check by Aaron Wakling http://myidentitytheftblog.com/archives/free-identity-theft-check/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Aaron Wakling Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:15:44 +0000 http://myidentitytheftblog.com/?p=237#comment-25 A friend of mine just emailed me one of your articles from a while back. I read that one a few more. Really enjoy your blog. Thanks A friend of mine just emailed me one of your articles from a while back. I read that one a few more. Really enjoy your blog. Thanks

]]> Comment on Speaking with Your Account’s Customer Service Representative by David http://myidentitytheftblog.com/archives/speaking-with-your-accounts-customer-service-representative/comment-page-1/#comment-7 David Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:57:19 +0000 http://myidentitytheftblog.com/?p=155#comment-7 Identity theft can happen to anyone. It’s a very unfortunate situation to be in. Identity theft can happen to anyone. It’s a very unfortunate situation to be in.

]]> Comment on Free Credit Reports by Indy http://myidentitytheftblog.com/archives/free-credit-reports/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Indy Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:20:42 +0000 http://myidentitytheftblog.com/?p=72#comment-5 This is awsome. I'm going to share this post with my family and friends. Thanks for the Share/Save option. It makes it easy for me to send several emails. Awesome. This is awsome. I’m going to share this post with my family and friends.

Thanks for the Share/Save option. It makes it easy for me to send several emails. Awesome.

]]> Comment on Child Identity Theft by Paula Graham http://myidentitytheftblog.com/archives/child-identity-theft/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Paula Graham Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:17:55 +0000 http://myidentitytheftblog.com/?p=62#comment-4 I heard that child identity theft exists but I didn't know how detrimental it can be to my kid's credit. This is good stuff. Thanks Paula I heard that child identity theft exists but I didn’t know how detrimental it can be to my kid’s credit. This is good stuff.

Thanks

Paula

]]> Comment on One Dollar Credit Card Charge by John Truman http://myidentitytheftblog.com/archives/one-dollar-credit-card-charge/comment-page-1/#comment-3 John Truman Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:15:39 +0000 http://myidentitytheftblog.com/?p=56#comment-3 I always wondered what the heck the $1 charge was for. I never thought that this could be a gasoline charge. Thanks for the info. I always wondered what the heck the $1 charge was for. I never thought that this could be a gasoline charge. Thanks for the info.

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