70 ordspråk av Beth Givens
Beth Givens
The most common complaint of identity theft victims is they have to take time off work, ... I can't tell you how many people have called and said, 'I had to take a week off work.'
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The person on the other end of the line is likely to have very sensitive information -- your account number, your Social Security number, the types of accounts you have (and) the way you use your accounts.
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The requirement that military personnel use the Social Security number for practically everything is nothing short of criminal, ... I got an e-mail from one military member who said he was required to stencil his name and Social Security number on his duffel bag. It's really outrageous.
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The subpoena is the first shoe dropping that online privacy advocates have long feared.
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There are only several thousand individuals who are at this time taking advantage of the credit freeze. If you're the victim of an aggressive identity thief, the freeze is the only thing that's going to help you.
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There are whole books full of these tactics. Reading them makes me ill, they are so realistic.
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There's not anything being done here that a consumer can't do themselves, ... We encourage consumers to check their credit reports themselves.
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These online information brokers are really on the hot seat. There's a lot of interest in what they are doing.
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They are usually off the hook financially, ... But what they are going to have to endure is far worse than having to pay the impostor's bills.
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They are usually off the hook financially. But what they are going to have to endure is far worse than having to pay the impostor's bills.
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They may not really know who is working for them. There could be a higher risk for fraud.
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They're going to grow up with (a) picture of somebody watching them. Are they going to grow up less of a risk-taker? Not speak freely?
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This could very well be the next abusive telemarketing scheme. I think people need to think about what that really means. You are essentially being tracked by your cell phone.
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This type of data should not have been on someone's laptop.
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Ultimately, this is a good example of the unfortunate situation that there really is no way an individual can prevent theft. They can reduce risk by doing all those things we tell them to do. But you can't prevent identity theft — you can only reduce your risk.
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