Archive for the ‘identity theft’ Category

Cash Machine Scam

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

Getting information while you withdraw money from a cash machine is a lot easier than you expect as this video will show. There are 2 important things to remember:

1. If there is anything protruding where you place in your cash card on a cash machine, never use it.

2. Always hide your pin number when logging it in.

You’ll see why here:

Credit Card Skimming and Cloning

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

Want to know how easy it is for someone to skim and clone your credit card? This video will show you that your credit card isn’t nearly as safe as yu might have thought it was:

Identity Theft Hustle

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

If you needed a reason why you shred all documents that have personal identifying information on them before throwing them out in the trash, this video will show it:

PayPerPost Credit Cards

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

Many of you may be familiar with payperpost which pays bloggers to post articles with links on their blogs. They also pay to have people post videos talking about their product.

This video is a payperpost made for a credit card consolidation company and you will see that the person who made the video doesn’t handle her credit cards too well. While I’m tempted to comment on the whole credit card consolidation issue of trading credit card debt for home equity, a bigger worry is that she has set herself up for identity theft. There are a couple of frames where it may be possible to decipher her credit card number as she is flashing it on the video. Not a smart move at all…view for yourself

Why You Should Secure Your Wireless Internet Service

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

If you haven’t protected your wireless Internet connection, this video will show you why it is important:

As can be seen, a lot of information can be gleaned about you just by how you surf the Internet. Do you really want that information broadcast to anyone that has a bit of curiosity? Or worse, to those that are specifically looking to take your money?

While you probably think that it will never happen to you, that is exactly what the people stealing this information hope…for those that are looking for easy ways to secure their home wireless, this article may help