October 10th, 2012 By the AllClear ID Team Allison here with AllClear ID. Online pinboard and latest social media craze Pinterest may have just emerged as the third most popular social network, but it’s also emerging with scams. As people “pin†some of their favorite things, scammers and cyber criminals are now pinning things that are leading to [...]
August 29th, 2012 By the AllClear ID Team Jackie here with AllClear ID. Have you ever used your phone or mobile device to “check-in†somewhere on Facebook? Does your mobile device automatically post your location when you use it to update your status on a social network, or send an email? These simple acts might seem harmless, but [...]
May 9th, 2012 By the AllClear ID Team Vanessa here with AllClear ID. In Rhode Island, driver licenses aren’t just sitting in people’s pockets; they’re also stored in a computer system that’s used to combat identity theft. A news report by the NBC station Channel 10 in Providence reports that the Department of Motor Vehicles in Rhode Island [...]
May 2nd, 2012 By the AllClear ID Team Kelly here with AllClear ID. If you’re doing any shopping online one slip of the finger could lead to a mountain of identity theft problems. “Typosquatting”, a scam in which domains similar to popular retailers are bought, is on the rise. Websense reports that such domains now number in the [...]
April 18th, 2012 By the AllClear ID Team George here from the AllClear ID investigation team. One of the latest scams going around is the “jury duty†scam. How it works: scammers make phishing phone calls to random people claiming they work for the local court. They tell the person on the phone that he either missed jury [...]
April 11th, 2012 By the AllClear ID Team Vanessa here with AllClear ID. The Better Business Bureau investigates thousands of scams every year, from the latest gimmicks to new twists on old schemes. Some scams quickly fizzle out, while others plague consumers year-round. Here’s what the BBB listed as the most prevalent scams of 2011.  Check Cashing [...]
March 21st, 2012 By the AllClear ID Team Vanessa here with AllClear ID. What started as a database to protect Americans from fraud has become a major source of identity theft and misery. Making it worse, this is a database run by the federal government – and it says it’s powerless to stop the database information from going [...]
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 [...]
November 10th, 2011 By the AllClearID Team Vanessa here with AllClear ID. You may have heard about Rupert Murdoch and the voicemail-hacking scandal at his company that happened over the summer. However, it’s not just celebrities in England who are at risk. Breaking into anyone’s voice mailbox can be as easy in the U.S. It’s done through “caller [...]
November 8th, 2011 By the AllClearID Team, George here from the AllClear ID investigation team. It’s very common for thieves to try and open a savings or bank account using their home address in conjunction with someone else’s identity. All they need to do is use your name and Social Security number to open a fraudulent account you know nothing [...]