Thursday, February 17, 2005
ABC30.com: Can You Really Stop Identity Theft?: "Ultimately, this is a good example of the unfortunate situation that there really is no way an individual can prevent theft,' said Beth Givens, director of Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, a consumer advocacy group based in San Diego. 'They can reduce risk by doing all those things we tell them to do. But you can't prevent identity theft - you can only reduce your risk."
BetaNews | ChoicePoint ID Theft Problem Worsens: "Although the breach was discovered in October, law enforcement officials prevented the company from disclosing it, even to the victims themselves."
Thursday, February 03, 2005
BBB Alerts & News: New Research Shows That Identity Theft Is More Prevalent Offline with Paper than Online: One Surprising Finding: In Half of the Cases Where the Perpetrator is Known, Identity Fraud is committed by Someone Close to the Victim
"The 2005 Identity Fraud Survey Report - released by the Better Business Bureau and Javelin Strategy & Research as an update of the Federal Trade Commission's 2003 Identity Theft Survey Report and Javelin's 2003 Identity Theft Report - shows that despite growing fears about identity theft and online fraud, of the victims that know the identity and method used by the criminal, these crimes are more frequently committed offline than online. Internet-related fraud problems are actually less severe, less costly and not as widespread as previously thought."
"The 2005 Identity Fraud Survey Report - released by the Better Business Bureau and Javelin Strategy & Research as an update of the Federal Trade Commission's 2003 Identity Theft Survey Report and Javelin's 2003 Identity Theft Report - shows that despite growing fears about identity theft and online fraud, of the victims that know the identity and method used by the criminal, these crimes are more frequently committed offline than online. Internet-related fraud problems are actually less severe, less costly and not as widespread as previously thought."
Wednesday, February 02, 2005
OrlandoSentinel.com:
Stolen-ID nightmare finally ends
A man spent almost 8 weeks in an Osceola jail. A photo could have freed him sooner.
"No one checked out his story until Thursday at Orlando International Airport, just as a Harris County, Texas, sheriff's official was about to escort him onto a flight to Houston. Collazo said that didn't happen until the Orlando Sentinel began making inquiries. After faxing Collazo's photograph to Harris County authorities, the cop handed over $45 for cab fare and told him he was free to go."
Stolen-ID nightmare finally ends
A man spent almost 8 weeks in an Osceola jail. A photo could have freed him sooner.
"No one checked out his story until Thursday at Orlando International Airport, just as a Harris County, Texas, sheriff's official was about to escort him onto a flight to Houston. Collazo said that didn't happen until the Orlando Sentinel began making inquiries. After faxing Collazo's photograph to Harris County authorities, the cop handed over $45 for cab fare and told him he was free to go."
