by admin | Sep 28, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Last week, Florida became the latest state to enact a law to help combat identity theft of children’s identities. The new law has the clever acronym of KIDS, which stands for the Keeping ID Safe act. Under this law, parents of minors are able to open a file...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 14, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Hacking of American companies by Chinese hackers is not particularly startling as it is going on all of the time, however the federal government is now admitting that back in March Chinese hackers were able to hack into the data bases of the Office of Personnel...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 20, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
As the old saying goes, “fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.” Recently the Maricopa County Community College revealed that its computers had been hacked and personal information including Social Security numbers and banking information...
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...
