http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/identity-theft-blog.html Welcome to the most progressive identity theft blog which includes hundreds of original identity theft articles written by Henry Bagdasarian. en-us identity theft awareness Sat, 12 May 2012 02:15:04 GMT Sat, 12 May 2012 02:15:04 GMT identity-theft-awareness.com http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/electronic-pick-pocketing.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/electronic-pick-pocketing.html Radio Frequency Identification or RFID enabled credit cards are on the rise as well as the electronic pick pocketing risks that they have introduced. Fri, 11 May 2012 15:09:09 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/spoofed-email-spams.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/spoofed-email-spams.html This article discusses how spoofed email spams occur and what we can do about them although our options as email users are limited as you will soon find out in this article. Wed, 02 May 2012 15:32:29 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/fraud-training.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/fraud-training.html Employee fraud training for preventing identity theft, reducing fraud costs, and avoiding penalties by complying with the Red Flags law is absolutely critical which must be handled by qualified staff. Sun, 29 Apr 2012 05:32:48 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/email-spoofing.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/email-spoofing.html Email spoofing is a very common and convincing email scam which is used for a variety of reasons and must be detected to contain damages. Sun, 22 Apr 2012 20:12:26 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/trusted-cyberspace-identity.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/trusted-cyberspace-identity.html The trusted cyberspace identity initiative known as the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) aims to improve online identification, authentication and privacy. Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:36:36 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/identity-force-service.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/identity-force-service.html This Identity Force service review is prepared to help individuals learn about Identity Force services, benefits and system features for automated identity theft monitoring. Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:44:13 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/address-change-fraud.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/address-change-fraud.html Address change fraud committed through social engineering is one the non-technical and easy scams used to steal customer information and commit identity fraud. Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:41:44 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/fraud-alerts.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/fraud-alerts.html Placing credit report fraud alerts is a great way stop ongoing or even suspected identity theft cases. Learn about credit report fraud alert benefits, limitations and placement process. Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:03:21 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/identity-theft-prevention-program.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/identity-theft-prevention-program.html A comprehensive, well documented and fully executed identity theft prevention program is necessary to properly address all identity theft risks and comply with various identity theft laws. Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:30:32 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/bad-business-reputation.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/bad-business-reputation.html Identity theft and fraud can inflict bad business reputation on companies which fail to protect their customers against fraud and privacy violations due to negligence. Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:53:56 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/identity-theft-police-report.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/identity-theft-police-report.html An identity theft police report also called an identity theft report has many benefits in all areas of personal identity theft management. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:39:05 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/corrupt-insiders.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/corrupt-insiders.html Corrupt insiders are major threats to a company’s information and intellectual property assets and there are behavioral and technical safeguards which must be considered to manage criminal acts. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:17:21 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/credit-card-expiration.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/credit-card-expiration.html There are very good reasons why credit cards expire and although it may be a hassle to constantly update credit card expiration dates, expired credit cards are less useful to thieves. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:17:19 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/tax-refund-scam.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/tax-refund-scam.html A typical tax refund scam can happen during any tax season, however, during tough economic times or a special tax refund year, scammers may have an upper hand against their victims. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:16:14 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/identity-in-order.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/identity-in-order.html Once in a while, we may realize that our lives are disorganized and require us to get our house and identity in order which means that we have to have plans for reaching our goals and reducing risks. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:36:43 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/customer-education.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/customer-education.html Customer education is not only mandatory under certain laws but also a great business practice to reduce security risks and fraud costs resulting from customer’s lack of awareness and education. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:41:44 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/Red-Flags-Rule-shortfalls.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/Red-Flags-Rule-shortfalls.html Red Flags Rule shortfalls must be understood and considered to address all identity theft risks when implementing an identity theft prevention program while complying with the identity theft law. Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:11:21 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/safe-online-shopping.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/safe-online-shopping.html Safe online shopping practices must be considered as more people switch from shopping in the stores to purchasing items online. Fri, 16 Dec 2011 02:15:11 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/credit-monitoring-services-work.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/credit-monitoring-services-work.html Consumers concerned with the risk of identity theft often ask whether automated credit monitoring services work which is a multidimensional question requiring multi-layer answers. Tue, 13 Dec 2011 02:48:18 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/privacy-law-expansion.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/privacy-law-expansion.html The Internet increasingly touches upon the privacy of consumers worldwide causing all countries to consider privacy law expansion for domestic and international businesses. Sat, 03 Dec 2011 01:24:43 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/invasion-of-privacy-laws.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/invasion-of-privacy-laws.html There are a few invasion of privacy laws that protect individuals from public disclosure of private facts. Mon, 28 Nov 2011 04:40:10 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/social-network-profile.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/social-network-profile.html As members of online websites where you share information with others, you must update your social network profile as necessary to allow uninterrupted communication and be aware of all other risks. Sun, 06 Nov 2011 18:38:17 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/everyday-is-halloween.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/everyday-is-halloween.html Halloween provides a great opportunity for criminal to commit fraud while disguised and without being noticed. On the other hand, everyday is Halloween as some people disguise physically and online. Sat, 29 Oct 2011 20:55:49 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/product-tampering-risks.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/product-tampering-risks.html Using over the counter products or public products such as soap and shampoo at the gyms or hotels can pose serious product tampering risks due to unauthorized and illegal modifications. Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:41:31 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/identity-theft-protection-services.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/identity-theft-protection-services.html Consumers are always looking for identity theft protection services; however, some may not be very clear about the risks or know about available solutions and their benefits. Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:46:24 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/corporate-security-accountability.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/corporate-security-accountability.html Management must assume corporate security accountability to effectively protect consumer information and comply with information security laws and regulations. Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:56:38 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/identity-reset.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/identity-reset.html Identity reset is sometimes an available and last option to resolve severe cases of identity theft and fraud depending on whether the identity component has been affected permanently requiring reset. Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:28:05 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/social-security-number-verification.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/social-security-number-verification.html As the majority of companies rely on a social security number to validate a customer’s identity for running their businesses, social security number verification is a necessary step in the process. Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:23:19 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/RFID-credit-cards.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/RFID-credit-cards.html Do you know if you own RFID credit cards, what RFID is and what potential risks it may introduce? If you answered no to any of these questions, you should read this article. Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:43:49 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/lost-cell-phone.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/lost-cell-phone.html Cases of stolen, damaged and lost cell phone are common occurrences which consumers can foresee and take the necessary actions to protect and recover their lost or stolen cell phone and its data. Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:58:09 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/identity-KAOS.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/identity-KAOS.html Identity KAOS is a set of identity protection principles which must be followed to protect an identity against theft and fraud. Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:53:12 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/red-flag-training.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/red-flag-training.html Companies affected by identity theft or Red Flags Rule and FFIEC compliance must strongly consider a professional red flag training and certification for their employees and identity theft programs. Mon, 08 Aug 2011 14:17:27 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/eric-digest.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/eric-digest.html This ERIC Digest article discusses the privacy laws related to student records, student rights and school obligations. Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:23:51 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/buy-credit.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/buy-credit.html When the credit scoring system allows consumers to buy credit for improved borrowing power, the entire credit and lending process is negatively affected impacting lenders, borrowers and credit seller. Tue, 26 Jul 2011 14:50:14 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/unused-credit-cards.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/unused-credit-cards.html Unused credit cards expose us to unnecessary identity theft and credit risks which can be easily avoided without any impact to our credit worthiness, credit needs and credit solutions. Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:43:02 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/birth-certificate-reset.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/birth-certificate-reset.html In response to a massive birth certificate fraud, Puerto Rico invalidated all existing birth certificates for a massive birth certificate reset and replacement for its people. Sun, 17 Jul 2011 17:42:33 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/identity-fraud-affidavit.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/identity-fraud-affidavit.html An identity fraud affidavit is a document that helps identity theft victims document the facts related to their identity fraud before contacting the police or the affected companies. Sat, 09 Jul 2011 21:45:55 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/check-your-wallet.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/check-your-wallet.html You must check your wallet periodically to review its contents, decide which ones need to remain in your wallet, and ultimately reduce your identity theft risk by removing some of its contents. Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:07:11 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/child-identity-theft.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/child-identity-theft.html Child identity theft is real, easy to commit and harder to detect as children’s personal information is already available to trustworthy criminals and no one cares or suspects enough to monitor fraud. Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:06:09 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/comply-with-Red-Flags.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/comply-with-Red-Flags.html Many businesses and organizations fall within the definition of the federal identity theft prevention law who must comply with Red Flags Rule. Are you a covered entity? Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:09:32 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/identity-theft-news.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/identity-theft-news.html Reading the latest identity theft news and learning from identity theft lessons extracted from recent news and identity theft stories are great ways to improve identity protection efforts. Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:11:39 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/SAS70-to-SSAE16.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/SAS70-to-SSAE16.html As service organizations attempt to boost client confidence by reporting their validated controls, audit standards changed from SAS70 to SSAE16 on June 15, 2011 requiring additional information. Wed, 22 Jun 2011 04:34:43 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/medical-insurance-fraud.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/medical-insurance-fraud.html There are ways that we can detect medical insurance fraud which we should strongly consider due to frequent occurrences of medical fraud cases and their consequences. Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:57:52 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/identity-theft-risk-management.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/identity-theft-risk-management.html Identity theft risk management efforts are usually concentrated around four general areas which are protection of personal information, compliance, fraud prevention and lawsuits. Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:20:08 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/office-privacy.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/office-privacy.html Office privacy is a great corporate benefit which is no longer offered and if anyone wants to remain private, they should open their own business and disconnect from the Internet. Thu, 09 Jun 2011 14:47:15 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/alert-or-freeze.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/alert-or-freeze.html One way to prevent identity theft is to place a fraud alert or freeze on your credit reports. Learn the differences of both and pick the one that’s right for you. Tue, 31 May 2011 15:06:43 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/employee-fraud-risk.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/employee-fraud-risk.html When risk managers perform risk assessments to identify threats facing their organizations, they should consider an employee fraud risk a real threat to the company and propose mitigating solutions. Tue, 24 May 2011 14:56:03 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/identity-theft-certification.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/identity-theft-certification.html The Certified Red Flag Specialist (CRFS) program is an identity theft certification and training program closely aligned with the federal Red Flag identity theft risk management and prevention law. Tue, 17 May 2011 15:02:14 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/credit-freeze-laws.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/credit-freeze-laws.html The requirements and fees by credit freeze laws to lock your credit report vary from one State to another in the United States. The requirements and fees for all States are listed here. Sun, 15 May 2011 21:35:07 GMT http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/wild-west.html http://www.identity-theft-awareness.com/wild-west.html Consumers are being hit with back to back financial scams as in the lawless Wild West and are not able to sustain their lifestyles and pursue their dreams with no one in sight to protect them. Fri, 13 May 2011 04:32:46 GMT