by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 21, 2025 | Scam of the day
Not even the dead are immune from identity theft and this particular type of identity theft is now on the rise. Until regulations were enacted in 2014 scammers merely checked out the latest obituaries and then went to a free totally available data bank called the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 26, 2019 | Scam of the day
Another scam, about which I have written numerous times before, was in the news recently when Linda Longacre of Oklahoma became a victim of identity theft weeks after her death when a check written by an identity thief was deducted from her account. Not even the...
by admin | Apr 23, 2018 | Scam of the day
Susan Hughes of West Chester, Ohio has been busy lately working to clear up her aunt’s identity theft. Somewhat surprisingly, her aunt has been dead for thirteen years. Not even the dead are immune from identity theft and this particular type of identity theft...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 16, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
It was devastating for the parents of Logan Bryant when their infant son died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) at daycare last summer, but now they are facing another blow. Shortly after his death Logan became a victim of identity theft. Using the Death Master...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 11, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Although the Death Master File sounds like a list kept by Darth Vader, it actually is a federal database that contains the names and Social Security numbers of more than 83 million dead Americans. The list was initially established to help federal agencies, insurance...
