Tag: identity theft

Senior Identity Theft – Smilecast 32

Senior Identity Theft Senior identity theft is on the rise and unsuspecting, trusting seniors often fall prey to it to the cost of billions of dollars a year. In this Smilecast we look at common frauds and schemes and things you do to prevent them. If I received 10 calls from...

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Search for Health Info Online – Chances Are Your Info is Leaked

Patients who search on free health-related websites for information related to a medical condition may have the health information they provide leaked to third party tracking entities through code on those websites, according to a research letter published in JAMA by Marco D. Huesch, M.B.B.S., Ph.D., of the University of...

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No Rest Even When Your Dead – Identity Theft

Came across this and just shook my head. I mean come on people. Where is the moral compass in this country? Identity prowlers comb obituaries. They forward the deceased’s mail which contains an overabundance of personal information, from credit card accounts to bank accounts, which they in turn use. They...

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