by admin | Jan 17, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Recently, an Ohio woman, Ghana Johnson was indicted on federal charges related to income tax identity theft in which she is accused of filing 106 phony income tax returns and claiming $476,000 in phony refunds using stolen Social Security numbers and falsified W-2s...
by admin | Jan 16, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
American Airlines and United Airlines both have recently announced that last month frequent flier accounts for thousands of their customers were hacked by identity thieves stealing miles to book free trips and upgrades. Although the hacking occurred in December, the...
by admin | Jan 15, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
As a result of a joint investigation by Houston police and federal postal inspectors, four people, Joel Cruz, Darion Wells, Devante Ruffin and Jamonte Booker have been arrested and charged with operating an identity theft ring and using the stolen identities to buy...
by admin | Jan 14, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Earlier this week, hackers claiming to be connected to ISIS hacked into the Twitter and YouTube accounts of CENTCOM, the United States Central Command, which oversees military operations in the Middle East. The hackers added two ISIS videos to the YouTube account...
by admin | Jan 13, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Yesterday, in a speech at the Federal Trade Commission, President Obama urged the passage of the Personal Data Notification and Protection Act, which would set a national standard requiring companies that have been hacked and suffered data breaches to notify affected...
