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Archive for the ‘Identity Theft Victims’ Category

Few Tips for Businesses to Avoid Identity Theft

By admin • Jul 15th, 2009

The issue of identity theft is not limited to one country or region it is a global issue and collective efforts should be made to resolve this particular issue. Nowadays, identity theft is like a hot potato for all companies. The fact that negligence may result in lawsuits makes companies even skeptical about online business. [...]



Improving Your Credit Report After Identity Theft

By admin • Mar 18th, 2009

One of the steps that you must take after you have found that you have been the victim of identity theft is to get your get your credit report back in order. Unfortunately, one of the effects of having been the victim of identity theft is that your credit report will be out of order. By that is meant that you can have erroneous entries on your credit report. Moreover, your credit score will not be at the level that it should it be – that it would be had you not been the victim of identity theft.



Protecting Yourself from Identity Theft: Being Smart with Passwords

By admin • Feb 12th, 2009

The Internet and World Wide Web has become a proverbial breeding ground for identity theft.  However, this does not need to be the case.  There are some very simple steps that you can take in order to protect yourself against identity theft when you are using the Internet.  One of these steps that you must [...]



Senior Citizens and Identity Theft: Alarming Trends

By admin • Oct 28th, 2008

There is one thing that absolutely can be said about identity thieves:  They will stop at nothing.  In this day and age, senior citizens need to be wary of the potential that they very well might become the victims of identity theft.  Unfortunately, in this day and age, senior citizens are prime targets for people [...]



Protecting Yourself from Identity Theft: Rethink Your Street-Side Mailbox…

By admin • Aug 26th, 2008

Identity theft is one of the most serious forms of crime today. Indeed, statistically speaking you have a more than one in ten chance of becoming the victim of identity theft this year alone. Keeping in mind that not even children are immune from becoming the victims of identity theft in this day [...]