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Best Person of the Week: Dan Wheeler, ID Theft Victim Wrongly Labeled Sex Offender – For Life

July 26, 2010 – 8:11 pm

Welcome to the “Best Person of the Week” post from the ITAC blog. As our ever faithful readers know, we like to shine a light on the identity theft “heroes” who are fighting the most noble battle against identity theft. And, our readers know that we like to mix things up a bit, which is what we are doing with this week’s “Best Person” post. How are we mixing things up? We are focusing on a victim who needs all the publicity he can get to clear his good name.

Here’s the gist of it. When Dan Wheele

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ATM Security Threats Increase

July 26, 2010 – 5:49 am

A recent news report of a skimming scam in Long Island, N.Y., netted thieves more than $200,000 from ATMs at five branches.

Skimming today is far more sophisticated than in the past. Skimmers can include blue tooth and texting technology that send the data to the criminal anywhere. Keypads can be compromised by devices that overlay the exiting pad and transfer the data remotely.

ATM scams and fraud go beyond skimming to crimes that are very physical such as ram raiding to remote malicious software hacks.

Bankinfosecurity.com published “7 Growing Threats to Financial Institutions”.

#1 Skimming; Hardware readily available online that is attached to the face of ATM records user card information and pin codes. In

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Are You a Victim of This Computer Crime?

July 25, 2010 – 12:55 pm

You have to give cybercriminals credit. When it comes to computer crimes, they can be quite ingenious. Identity thieves are constantly developing new ways to steal your personal information or improving their methods. Such is the case with keystroke logging.

Fortunately for us, the good guys, and unfortunately for them, the bad guys, most of their attempts are detectable. That is, if you know what you’re looking for. Here’s help.

Understanding Keystroke Logging

Perry Kivolowitz, an American computer scientist, authored one of the first keylogger programs in 1983.

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Best Person of the Week: FBI Special Agent Waldo J. Longa Busts Palm Beach Identity Theft Ring

July 21, 2010 – 10:38 pm

Bringing down an identity theft ring is no easy thing. Law enforcement often has to go undercover for months at a time, get involved with the criminals — and actually do illegal transactions with money being swapped. This is a very risky proposition that FBI Special Agent Waldo J. Longa, and his team, had no problem with getting down and dirty to stop an identity theft ring in Palm Beach County, Florida.

Between June and July, the ring, comprised of seven low lifes, made 32 separate fake IDs using information stolen from people in Florida, California and other states and showed FBI agents a list of 110 real identities to choose from. A

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Baseball Coach Listed as A Sex Offender

July 21, 2010 – 8:23 pm

He was coaching for a week when am aware parent notified the school, he was a sex offender from 1996. As a parent, you should be the one notifying school officials because you are aware of these issues. You can do a search on “sex offender registry” to locate those in your area and check out Neighborhood Watch.

The parent telling the school shows a flaw in the schools system of effectively vetting out someone who has a past of inappropriate behavior with children. The school district went on to say they screen volunteers in the hundreds of background checks they do his may have been overlooked. Wha

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5 Tips for Avoiding Identity Theft While On Vacation

July 21, 2010 – 2:59 pm

The threat of identity theft never goes away — even on vacation. This year while taking time to relax, remember to follow these identity theft tips to avoid an unpleasant surprise when you get back home.

Tip #1 — Stop Your Mail

Thieves love your mail. Finding mailboxes stuffed while homeowners are away vacationing is like a dream come true for identity thieves.

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