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David K asked: i’ve been studying identity theft for last few week for my school project and one think i found out that most of these identity theft is on somebodys credit card now heres my question how about if somebody has your chacking or saving account number and they order something online and send [...]

Facebook profiles are up for sale. In fact, a hacker known as Kirllos recently offered to sell 1.5 million of them for a hefty fee. Turns out the hacker didn’t actually have information on quite that many accounts, but he did start selling at least 1,000 accounts, priced by the number of connections. The powers [...]

Q:  How can I dispute my credit report after someone has used my social security number? A: I’m making some assumptions based on your question, but it seems that there are actually 2 issues involved.  The first is if someone used your social security number for gain, without your permission, you have been a victim [...]

It goes without saying that good and evil often do exist side-by-side. And much like the Chinese concept of the Yin and Yang — contrary forces that are interconnected in the natural world — so too does this exist in the identity theft world. Each week we highlight the “Worst Person” in identity theft; while [...]

dreaming of a transhuman future asked: My government keeps billing me for all these services I never ordered, like crummy public schools and military wars in other countries. So far I’m in the hole for over $35,000! (My share of the $10.4 trillion national debt.) How can I get this matter straightened out and get [...]

The most common form of identity theft remains computer crimes, especially those that allow hackers to capture personal information and use a victim’s credit cards fraudulently. And yet many people don’t understand the depth and danger of computer crime — instead, they think of it as a ‘lesser’ crime when compared to face-to-face offences. Obviously, [...]