Feds Arrest 44 in Largest US Medicare Fraud Bust in History

November 6, 2010

Federal agents busted a massive Armenian-American crime ring that defrauded $35 million of Mediacare by using bogus clinics that used the stolen identities of doctors and patients, according to indictments unsealed in October. 44 people were charged by prosecutors in New York, Los Angeles, Ohio, New Mexico and Georgia with a variety of offenses, including [...]

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Is Google Being Sued for Violating the Privacy Rights of Millions of Americans Going to Far?

October 27, 2010

While we do believe in consumers rights to be more educated and empowered in understanding their privacy rights, and taking control of and protecting their digital identity. We do not encourage what appears to be a frivolous class action lawsuit or think it to be an effective agent of change. This appears to only benefit [...]

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Good or Evil: Have We Shared Too Much With Facebook, Google, and Apple?

October 23, 2010

THE BILLION DOLLAR QUESTION A timely and excellent question we need to ask ourselves in lieu of the two latest Facebook privacy and identity data theft issues. Focus not only asked the question, but created this info graphic to help visualize and answer the question. We all need to start taking control of our digital [...]

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Identity Theft Costs Average Consumers Billions a Year & The Fastest Growing Crime In USA

October 21, 2010

Consumers awareness has risen and increase attention has been given to the issue of identity theft in recent years as it has grown to become the #1 crime in American. And for good reason: the annual consumer cost of the fraud related to identity theft is estimated at $31 billion. Along with worldwide business fraud [...]

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Millions of Peoples Privacy Affected in Facebook Game Applications Data Leak

October 18, 2010

Free Games Such As Mafia Wars & Farmville in the center of a Facebook Identity Theft Scandal The Wall Street Journal has reported a major privacy and security breach in Facebook that improperly allowed game applications to share personal ID data. In some cases the 10 most popular game application were also transmitting players friends [...]

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WARNING: Facebook Now Makes It Dangerous To Lose Your Cell Phone & Easy to Have Your Identity Stolen

October 17, 2010

Note to self : DISONNECT FACEBOOK MOBILE IMMEDIATELY AFTER LOSING YOUR CELL PHONE! Just caught this big item that seemed to be lost in a Facebook announcement post. Luckily, it was picked up on the ValleyWag radar screen, and for good reason. Facebook’s new security feature just made losing your cell phone extremely dangerous. Facebook [...]

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Introducing InsuranceEdge Our $1 Million Identity Theft Insurance Policy

October 15, 2010

IdentityEdge Product Services and Features $1 Million InsuranceEdge** The bottom line is that IdentityEdge provides you a $1 Million dollar identity theft insurance policy, with a $0 deductible to reimburse you for your identity theft expenses. Our InsuranceEdge coverage provides up to $1 million in coverage for: funds stolen by unauthorized electronic funds transfer from an [...]

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The Infinite Realm of Identity Theft Possibilities in Social Media

October 4, 2010

Look at ALL Those Places Where Something Can & Will Go Wrong If a picture says a thousand words than this picture says a million (click the image for the full effect) when coupled with ” The Truth about Social Media Identity Theft : Perception vs. Reality” study from the Ponemon Institute which reveals how [...]

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Social Media Users Fear Ads More Than Identity Theft

September 23, 2010

Do Web Users Really Care About Online Security & Privacy A recent study by privacy researcher the Ponemon Institute shows three-quarters of US social media users have concern when it comes to their privacy and security in their use of social media, with only 28% saying their concerns are very serious. According to the study [...]

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Identity Thieves in the Wild

September 16, 2010

We take Identity Theft very seriously, but sometimes we can take a humorous poke at the fastest growing crime in America. We want to train you to become more aware of the many forms of identity theft. Can you spot the identity thieves? [From our friends at ITAC, a great Identity Theft Resource]

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