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Phishing, Identity Theft and Your Protection on the Net

By admin • Feb 11th, 2009

If you are a regular user of the Internet and World Wide Web – or even if you are an occasional user of the Net – it is crucial that you are always on guard when it comes to protecting your identity.  In this day and age identity theft has become one of the most [...]



Pretexting – The New Identity Theft?

By admin • Feb 22nd, 2008

If you were already worried about the increasing rate of identity theft, and the costs caused to both the companies and the individuals themselves, then you are in for an even bigger worry, and that is the new type of identity theft that is coming about, commonly called pretexting.
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FBI Valentine E-Card Alert

By admin • Feb 12th, 2008

A warning for all internet and email users!
It’s almost Valentine’s Day once again but before opening up that  E-Valentine’s Card, you may want to think again.  It may not be coming from cupid but instead from someone ready to spread the so called Storm Worm virus.
The Storm Worm virus have used the various holidays in [...]



Identity Theft by Wi-Fi – What You Need to Know!

By admin • Jan 23rd, 2008

You’ve taken on board the warnings about identity theft, you have your own personal shredder in the house as well as the office and you destroy any paperwork that includes personal information prior to tossing it in the trash. 
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How to Report Phishing

By admin • Jan 14th, 2008

With the increasing prevalence of phishing cases, we have learned that it’s best to protect ourselves from falling victim to this scam. We know now how to identify a phishing email and we’ve realized that it’s wise to just ignore it and not click on any links. However, there’s also a more proactive way to [...]