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Recently my attention was drawn to the comments made by a leading think-tank that claimed a “confusing hotchpotch” of reporting obligations is hindering UK companies in their fight against fraud. The
This story is about a victim of criminal identity theft. The victim is a trucker who discovered that his identity had been stolen when his commercial driver’s license was suspended because the thief w...
I first did a blog on Do you Protect Your PIN at ATM on this site last winter. In it I stated: "The most common ways that criminals obtain a PIN at an ATM are by looking over your shoulder (defe...
I’ve said it before, use upper and lower case, use number and letter combinations and when possible, if the website allows it, use special characters. It has been documented that “Adding just one capi...
Five years ago, law enforcement forces were pretty clueless about Cybercrime and online banking fraud. National intelligence bureaus and police departments worldwide experienced a flood of unknown com...
September is National Campus Safety Awareness Month. I helped Uni-Ball conduct a survey of 1,000 college students and 1,000 parents. The survey revealed that while about 74% of parents believe studen...
If you're a business that regularly uses casual staff in order fulfil commitments to customers and keep running costs down, then you may wish to consider revising your business strategy! Why? Because
Technology is meant to make life easier, safer and in some cases fun-er. Geolocation is supposed to make you save a few bucks on discounts when you “check in” at participating retail stores and gather...
iTunes users all over the world are being hooked in a possible phishing scam that siphons cash out of their PayPal accounts. Phishing scams, of course, consist of emails that appear to be coming from ...
When most people think about a virus, they think of a fever, chills, and maybe a potential pandemic. But when they think about a computer virus, they think of a headache, or worse, identity theft. Unu...
A report issued by the FTC finds that customers in the process of withdrawing cash from ATMs are more likely to be victims of ATM fraud than a direct, physical crime, and skimmer devices have recently...
What is casual fraud? It can be anything from fraud conducted on online shopping and auction websites – with products purchased but never received, and internal fraud by employees and employers, to o...