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1). How to Protect Yourself While Internet Banking
There is no doubt about the fact that identity theft is on the increase. More and more people are losing their identities and money each year due to the efforts of a select few individuals who know how to use the Internet to their advantage.
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2). How to Protect your Digital Products from being Stolen.
So you are a business owner now and your selling top of the line digital information products direct from your very own website. You invested thousands in the right products, hundreds in a server with a lot of bandwidth, your customers are flowing but your bandwidth is too high for the amount of customers that your getting! Suddenly your host stops all access to your site as you have reached your bandwidth limit and you must pay for more.
Article tags: digital, security, ebooks, theft, online, software, locking, membership, site, refund, stop, deception, downloads, links, free, articles
3). Protect Your Identity
Protect Your Identity
One’s FICO score is a very important determinant of the ability to finance the purchase or refinance of a home. The FICO score is determined by a formula developed by Experian and takes into account many different factors. In today's lending environment, automated underwriting has taken a predominant position in the processing of loan applications.
Article tags: finance, theft, identity, security, credit card, wealth, debt, credit, loan, protection
4). Avoid Being A Victim Of Crime When Parking Your Car
In our fast paced modern living we probably don’t give the practice of parking our cars as much thought as we should. We need to practice some common sense when we park our cars, as we do in other areas of our behavior. Below is a description of some crimes associated with parking cars and some recommendations to follow.
Theft and Vandalism:
Wherever possible, provide each dwelling with its own locked garage within the property boundaries.
Article tags: parking crime, private garages, surveillance, theft, vandalism
5). Why You Need To Keep Your Credit Card Secure
Automated teller machines (ATM) are a great invention. They are an easy way to get cash out of your account 24 hours a day. But you may not be the only person raiding your account. If you're not careful, someone could steal your person and financial information and leave you in financial trouble.
Some identity fraudsters use special machines to 'skim' card details from ATMs and other card machines.
Article tags: credit, cards, fraud, identity, theft, steal, purchase, fees, atm, statements
6). Identity theft basics
Identity theft is one of the latest buzzword within our society in recent times. Identity theft refers to hiding one’s original identity and illegally misusing someone else’s identity. The person pretending to be someone else tries to make money at the cost of others and makes an abusive use of fake identity. The occurrence of this form of crime has increased partly due to the expansion in our communication network where people interact or know about only the existence of other person but have not met them person.
Article tags: identity, theft, financial, trash, definition
7). Protecting Your Website From Online Thieves - Part 1
Why people steal
Publishing online is very easy for anyone to do; it's also very easy for others to steal. As the web expands in size, so do the number of thieves. Online thieves steal anything from a single image or a paragraph of content to an entire web site. Every web site is vulnerable.
If you have a web site, chances are you will come across another Web site showing your original work and passing it off as its own.
Article tags: protecting, your, website, from, online, theives, theft, copyright
8). Avoiding Credit Card Fraud
Imagine the following situations:
Someone rummages through your rubbish to find discarded receipts and then uses your account numbers illegally.
A shop keeper keeps a copy of your credit or debit card and then uses it to pay for other transactions.
A mailing asks you to call a long distance number to claim a free prize. You are told to provide your account number to sign up.
Article tags: credit cards, fraud, security, identity theft, theft, steal, report, credit card fraud, credit
9). Protecting Your Website From Online Thieves - Part 3
Act now for your copyright
In the previous design article Prevention Cures Copyright, we covered how to protect your web site files and gather evidence of your copyright ownership. Now we will look at how you can take all of your preparation and use it to find your online thieves.
Use the major search engines
To tell if someone has stolen your web site or your web graphic images, you can use the major search engines.
Article tags: protecting, your, website, from, online, theives, theft, copyright
10). How to choose a Credit Card
There are literally thousands of credit cards out there to choose from. You receive offers in the mail, in your email, over the phone, and on the websites you surf to on the Internet. We are inundated with credit offers, but are all credit card offers worth taking? The answer is a definite no. There are many things about accepting the offer of a credit card you need to know.
Article tags: credit, card, visa, mastercard, score, rating, bank, consumer, debt, consolidation, identity, theft
11). Protect Your Identity This Holiday Season
With the holiday spending season fast approaching, it’s crucial that you understand the dangers of identity theft. Though many of the methods thieves use to steal identities are out of our control, there are many measures you can take to protect yourself from the threats identity thieves pose.
Protect Your Credit Card Number From Prying Eyes
When making purchases with your credit or debit card, make sure that only the last 4 digits of your card number are shown on the receipt.
Article tags: identity, theft, fraud, credit, cards, bank, account
12). Do you, like me rely on your household insurance for your bikes as well?
Do you, like me rely on your household insurance for your bikes as well?
Statistics show that around 131,000 bicycles were reported stolen in the UK in 2004 whilst around 35,000 cyclists a year are involved in accidents. Would your bike be covered by your contents policy if it was stolen from the bike rack on the car? If your bike was damaged or stolen,.
Article tags: biking, insurance, outdoors, bikes, bicycle, cycling, theft
13). Hospitals and Doctors - a License to Steal, or Worse?
We've recently heard on the news about the aggressive debt collection tactics from so called not for profit hospitals and doctors. The lengths they have resorted to, the lies, the tactics are unbelievable. Something needs to be done.
Article tags: hospital, doctor, debt collection, theft, license to steal, presbyterian hospital, uninsured
14). Preventing Identity Theft
What is Identity Theft? It is the theft of your personal information, such as social security number, driver's license number, credit card and bank account numbers, mother's maiden name, and more, with the intent to obtain credit and credit cards from banks and retailers, steal money from the victim's existing accounts, apply for loans, establish accounts with utility companies, rent an apartment, file bankruptcy or obtain a job using the victim's name.
Article tags: credit, card, visa, mastercard, score, rating, bank, consumer, debt, consolidation, identity, theft
15). Fraud. Beware Of The Fraudsters
According to Which, the consumer watchdog, about 5 million of us have been targeted by fraudsters and have lost money as a result. Fraudsters are clearly finding rich pickings!
So what are the most widespread scams and how do you steer clear of them? Here are six scams to be aware of.
You've won a lottery prize
Here you receive a letter, or e-mail telling you that you've won a big prize on some lottery you've never heard of.
Article tags: fraud, identity, theft, phishing