Beth Givens
Beth Givens
ability numbers security social
It's the Social Security numbers that give fraudsters the ability to impersonate that person.
member military name number personnel required security short social
The requirement that military personnel use the Social Security number for practically everything is nothing short of criminal, ... I got an e-mail from one military member who said he was required to stencil his name and Social Security number on his duffel bag. It's really outrageous.
accounts given number watch
If you've given them your credit-card number and/or bank-account number, you should watch those accounts very carefully.
check consumer consumers credit encourage reports
There's not anything being done here that a consumer can't do themselves, ... We encourage consumers to check their credit reports themselves.
answer business financial information sure
If they answer yes, then ask, 'How are you making sure that my information is being protected?' If you don't like the answer, take your business to another financial institution.
commit criminals identity learned successful
Some criminals have learned that impersonating the deceased is a successful way to commit identity theft.
check consumers credit regularly report uses vitally
With so many uses made of credit report these days, it's vitally important that consumers regularly check them.
cannot happening identity prevent reduce theft
Ultimately, you cannot prevent identity theft from happening to you, ... You can only reduce your chances.
data type
This type of data should not have been on someone's laptop.
checking money takes weeks
Yes, you'll probably get that money back once they've done the investigation, but if the investigation takes two weeks or two months, here you are without money in your checking account.
compare federal fraudulent law loss pay primarily protected victims
We really don?t have anything to compare it to. Victims are protected by federal law from having to pay fraudulent charges, so the loss is primarily of time.
affected consumers
Consumers need to know how affected they really are.
broken individual post
That individual could post inflammatory things about you after you've broken up.
gut people realize require society
It's creepy. People realize in their gut that if we require implanted chips, we've become the kind of society where people can be tracked by their government.