Tag "personal identity"
Smart Appliances Eavesdropping on Your Personal Identity
Mike Galley of WRNJ welcomes Certified Identity Theft Risk Management Specialist Heather Wagenhals to warn listeners of smart appliances eavesdropping on your personal identity in places you had no idea were possible. Tune in to this interview as Heather shocks listeners by revealing ways
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Scammers Taking Fake Caller ID Info
Your phone rings. You recognize the number, but when you pick up, it’s someone else. What’s the deal? It’s a phone scam. Scammers are using fake caller ID information to trick you into thinking they are someone local, someone you
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Milk, Honey And Fraud Prevention
Israel has become a hotbed for startups in the fields of identity verification and fraud prevention. The IDF Unit 8200 develops systems for gathering intelligence, automatically sifting through data to flag dangers, and escalating serious threats for manual review. Riskified (a Genesis Partners
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Romantic Scammers Attack Personal Identities
Online dating is at it’s peak this time of year with cupids still playing off Valentine’s Day, and the second dates lacking as several online daters are finding fraudsters instead of true love. According to Pew Research, one in five Americans between
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WARNING: IRS Will Not Call People Demanding Money
Scammers are calling more people these days, impersonating themselves as IRS agents, especially during tax filing season. At least a dozen Grant County (Washington) residents have received the call this week alone from scammers posing as the IRS, claiming people own taxes
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Survey Reveals 11% of Adults Lost Money to a Phone Scam in 2015
Calling victims on the phone to trap them into a scam seems so old school, however in today’s day of technology any scheme is possible. Apparently scammers hold to the adage “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Because telephone scams, even in
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Fraud Prevention In 8 Minutes…Or Less
Online ordering from websites that work in third-parties dealing with food, liquor and dry cleaning might have your money, and your identity, taken the minute you enter personal information. Colin Sims, COO of Delivery.com, recently told MPD CEO Karen Webster, the primary
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How to Use Free Wi-Fi safely for Banking, Shopping and More
Public Wi-Fi has become our main priority when it comes to communication, this convenient way to check Facebook, browse the Internet or shop online while on the go is great without putting a dent in your cellular data plan. (Use this free app
Read MoreSecure Your Credit Card While Traveling this Summer with these Tips
School is almost out and for several families that means summer vacation is just around the corner. As your plans start to develop the question of where and when you’re going to spend this year’s summer vacation might not be
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