Identity theft resources — where does a victim begin? If you’ve ever been the victim of identity theft, you know how lonely it can feel. Someone has taken away your most personal information. For financial identity theft, bill collectors start knocking on the door. Past due notices turn up in the mail. And, lawyers begin threatening legal action for something you had no … [Read more...] about Identity theft resources — where does a victim begin?
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Contests, promotions, and card cracking
What is card cracking? It occurs when someone gives away their banking information to a third-party expecting a legitimate action to take place. For instance, you enter a contest or sign up for a promotion, but as part of the entry, your banking information is required. Who would willingly give away their banking information to someone they don’t know? Let’s look at three … [Read more...] about Contests, promotions, and card cracking
The Rachel Ray, Oprah, and Forskolin diet emails
Dieting options are all the rage. The emails about various celebrities who have lost weight (and usually gained it back) are inundating email inboxes. Whether we’re talking about Oprah, Rachel Ray, or Dr. Oz’s carb-killing super-ingredients and carb blockers, those emails sent to your inbox have one purpose in mind, lure you to a website where you’ll give up your precious … [Read more...] about The Rachel Ray, Oprah, and Forskolin diet emails
The Barclaycard email scam
[mckenna float='right']Have you received the Barclaycard email? There are several things of note in this email. Here’s a version of one I received. Dear Customer,We are in the process of increasing your credit limit but would like you to confirm you agree with this decision. Please download the document attached and confirm this increase. Please note, this increase will … [Read more...] about The Barclaycard email scam
Five tips to avoid four Amazon email scams
The Amazon email scams come in many different flavors. Most scammers will customize their emails a bit, but many are identical. Here are four different fake emails, all using Amazon.com as the lure. Let’s begin with the Amazon survey scam, which looks something like this. You have been selected to take part in improving our customer service for 2015. After you complete our 30 … [Read more...] about Five tips to avoid four Amazon email scams