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Identity Theft Scams Spreading Faster Than Credit Card Swipes at Local Grocer

John L. Smith; Las Vegas Review Journal; May 30, 2004
Credit cards are as much a part of the American lifestyle as cheeseburgers and traffic jams. In a few short generations, we've gone from a nation that prided itself on paying its own way to one whose citizens now knit their eyebrows at rubes who pay for groceries with greenbacks...

Identity Theft on Campus

Identity Guard; October 2004
On college campuses, identity theft is rapidly becoming as common as pizza, mid-terms and late nights. Studies indicate that the rate of identity theft on campus is rising faster on campuses than in any other environment. While some progress is being made to educate universities and students, the levels of institutional and individual awareness and responsibility need to be significantly raised before many more students find their financial futures in jeopardy...

The Secret Life of Your Social Security Number

By Aleksandra Todorova Published: July 8, 2004
JANET LEE, a 54-year-old homemaker living in Weber County, Utah, owns one house. Imagine her shock when she was told last May that her Social Security number had been used to buy two other houses in Ohio and one in Texas that carried a second mortgage, to boot. Combined, the four mortgages totaled more than $500,000. ..

The Phish Threat

I am still receiving emails disguised as coming from a bank and asking me for personal information. I received about two of these a day. Most recenlty they have been representing themselves as coming from US Bank or Smith Barney. Please!! do not believe these.