February 29th, 2012 By the AllClear ID Team Chris here from the AllClear ID investigation team. Much like foreclosure rescue scams, debt-consolidation scams are specifically geared to take advantage of people who are desperately looking for a way to get out of debt. The companies target those with poor credit and offer to help out – for the right [...]
February 22nd, 2012 By the AllClear ID Team Christy here with the AllClear Investigation Team. We’ve talked before about how job seekers are targeted with work from home scams, but now hopeful applicants have one more thing to worry about. Identity thieves are now gathering and harvesting information from the resumes of job seekers. Whether by gathering personal [...]
February 15th, 2012 By the AllClear ID Team Vanessa here from AllClear ID. California ranks among the worst states for identity theft, with more than 1 million residents as victims every year. The state’s Attorney General, Kamala Harris, has decided to fight back against identity thieves with a new unit devoted to prosecuting high-tech crimes. The new eCrime Unit [...]
February 8th, 2012 By the AllClear ID Team Vanessa here from  AllClear ID. Got a new iPad, iPhone, or other Apple gizmo? A new phishing scam is targeting you. According to the Mac Security Blog, cyber thieves are sending around an official-looking email asking Apple users to update their billing information. The targets: new Apple users who are [...]
February 1st, 2012 By the AllClear ID Team Vanessa here from AllClear ID. Last year at AllClear ID we made some predictions about the threats we’d see in 2011. From botnets to WikiLeaks, 2011 was a watershed year for identity theft and technology security issues. So what does 2012 have in store for us? With an influx of mobile [...]