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The Motley Fool June 30, 2007 Elizabeth Brokamp	Monitor Your Own Credit Don't want pay a credit monitoring service? Do it yourself. To obtain a free copy of your credit report, you have three options.
PC Magazine May 1, 2009 Matthew D. Sarrel	Identity Theft: It's Out of Your Hands The most important thing you have is you, right? And online, you are your identity. If xyz.com doesn't value you enough to keep you safe, then does that company really deserve your business?
PC World April 29, 2008 Dan Tynan	Identity-Theft Protection: What Services Can You Trust? New online services offer to protect you from identity theft, and some claim to help you undo damage after it happens. But when we tested the services, we found that many fall short.
PC Magazine August 22, 2008 Matthew D. Sarrel	Thwarting Identity Theft Identity theft has been a federal offense since 1998. But are we getting any better at dealing with it? Actually, we are. Here are several tips to prevent financial loss from identity theft.
InternetNews March 14, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	Freeze Your Identity to Stop ID Theft TrustedID thinks that it has the simple answer to stopping identity thieves from stealing your personal information by giving consumers control over access to their credit reports and information.
Entrepreneur June 2007 Amanda C. Kooser	Safety First Keep your customer and employee data on lock-down.
AskMen.com Michael Hirsch	How To: Deal With Identity Theft You probably don't think about it, but transactions you take for granted every day put you at risk for identity theft.
The Motley Fool November 21, 2006 Dan Caplinger	Get the FACTs, Jack: Part 2 Here is how to fix mistakes or fraud on your credit report.
The Motley Fool November 21, 2006 Dan Caplinger	Get the FACTs, Jack With its numerous provisions designed to give you access to your credit information, FACT gives you a powerful arsenal that allows you to be proactive in managing your credit, far beyond just checking your monthly credit card statements for items you didn't buy.
PC Magazine June 21, 2006 Robert Lemos	Defending Your Identity Hardly a week goes by without companies and universities losing digital identities. What can be done?
Bank Technology News August 2008 Glen Fest	Equifax Shifts to Preventative Meds Equifax is keeping in step with the trend of making prevention -- not just detection -- the backbone of identity security for banks and retail customers.
Wall Street & Technology October 26, 2005	Consumer Data At Risk Despite warnings and increased scrutiny by financial services firms, 16% of consumers have had their financial information stolen, 13% have experienced monetary loss because of the theft of their financial data and 12% have had their Social Security numbers stolen, according to a recent survey.
InternetNews March 11, 2005 Jim Wagner	New Service to Put ID Protection in Your Hands Amid a flurry of data theft issues, Intersections readies an in-depth service to police who's trying to use all your data. This can help you spot identity theft.
The Motley Fool February 23, 2007 Mary Dalrymple	Hassled to the Maxx The identity theft saga involving T.J. Maxx continues: Consumers need to be on the lookout for evidence that their identity, credit card, or debit card information has slipped into the wrong hands.
The Motley Fool December 19, 2006 Mary Dalrymple	Credit Check Countdown Meet your end-of-year deadline to order a free credit report.
InternetNews September 1, 2005 Roy Mark	States Lead Congress on Breach Protections While federal lawmakers dither on data-breach legislation to protect against identity theft, states take matters into their own hands.
The Motley Fool August 20, 2004 Dayana Yochim	Your FICO Score Is a Lie The credit reporting industry is overextended, and it's up to you to fix it.
Financial Planning July 1, 2011 Donald Jay Korn	Identity Crisis Advisors should help clients protect themselves from identity theft.
PC World October 2002 Anne Kandra	Don't Let Them Steal Your Good Name Identity theft is skyrocketing -- and it's even being used to fund terrorism. The Web can be a real boon for identity thieves, helping them find information about victims and profit from the crime.
Financial Planning December 1, 2006 Todd Davis	Practice Tips Here are some ways to avoid becoming another identity theft statistic.
Information Today February 2009 Phillip Britt	Identity Thieves Hit a New Low In today's world of instant information, thieves are quick to learn about new deaths and put identity theft plans in action. Consumers need to take the necessary steps to protect the identities of the recently deceased.
PC World December 2004 Bob Tedeschi	Protect Your Identity Phishers and other online thieves are targeting your money and personal data--and they're getting sneakier. Here's how to defend yourself, and how to erase the damage if you get scammed.
Bank Systems & Technology December 14, 2005 Ivan Schneider	Cheating on the ID Challenge Here is how this consumer received his free, annual credit reports from Equifax, Experian and TransUnion -- and how he found the need for an identity cheat sheet along the way.
Searcher November 2005 Carol Ebbinghouse	Another Phine Kettle of Phish: Identity Theft Prevention Ten things to do today to protect yourself against identity theft.
The Motley Fool August 17, 2005 Dayana Yochim	Go Phish Online scamsters are spawning at alarming rates. Anything rotting in your hard drive? Here are tips on thwarting scammers' advances.
The Motley Fool June 15, 2006 Shannon Zimmerman	Your Evil Twin You mean it wasn't you who bought that Rolex and Mercedes last night in Maui? Identity theft is a real concern. Fortunately, there are ways to fight back.
The Motley Fool September 2, 2005 Dayana Yochim	Your Free Credit Report Is Here! Finally, the rest of us are allowed a free peek into our credit files. Here are the details behind the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act.
AskMen.com March 12, 2003 Steve Richer	How To: Avoid Identity Theft Criminals steal identities to commit all kinds of fraud and hide the misdeeds they commit. In 2001, there were more than 86,000 victims of this crime in the United States; that figure almost doubled to 162,000 in 2002. Read on to learn how to avoid being the next victim.
InternetNews February 12, 2010	Study Puts Identity Theft Cost at $54B in 2009 Research firm Javelin estimates that more than 11 million Americans were victims of identity theft last year, a 12 percent increase that led to tens of billions of dollars in costs.
The Motley Fool January 27, 2004 Dayana Yochim	How Will They Scam Thee? Danger is lurking everywhere, it seems. The Federal Trade Commission issues a top 10 list of fraud complaints. Americans are being slammed by scams everywhere they turn. But is this a bona-fide crime wave, or just a good headline?
Bank Systems & Technology March 7, 2005 Cynthia Ramsaran	ID Theft Hits Paper Harder Despite growing fears of online fraud related to Web-based banking services, the increase in identity theft is hitting consumers closer to home than in cyberspace. Identity theft crimes are more often committed off-line rather than online.
Bank Systems & Technology March 7, 2005 George Hulme	May I See Some ID, Please? Identity theft continues to be consumers' top complaint, and ID theft-related complaints are on the rise. Bank-related identity theft comprised 18 percent of all ID theft complaints.
Financial Advisor March 2008 David J. Drucker	Hidden Threat: Identity Theft What is identity theft, and what should financial advisors be telling their clients about it?
The Motley Fool March 28, 2007 Mary Dalrymple	When Lenders Compete, You Lose If you're in the market for a mortgage and you don't want to be blanketed with offers from other lenders, you can do two things to prevent yourself from ending up on one of these lists.
Inc. May 2007 Daniel Akst	The Dangers of Identity Theft Entrepreneurs are especially vulnerable to identity fraud.
The Motley Fool June 16, 2007 Elizabeth Brokamp	What to Do When You Lose Your Wallet If your wallet vanishes, save time and money by knowing what to do.
The Motley Fool February 28, 2005 Dayana Yochim	Just the FACTA, Mom Residents of 12 more states can now get free copies of their credit files. If you live in the Midwest, you're eligible for a free peek into your personal financial file beginning Tuesday, March 1. Here's why you should mark your calendar for this momentous event.
InternetNews July 19, 2007 Roy Mark	DoJ Sends ID Theft Bill to Congress The Bush administration sent proposed legislation to Congress today that aims to update and improve federal identity theft laws.
The Motley Fool February 24, 2005 Dayana Yochim	Paris' Privates Exposed If Hilton can be hacked, are any of us safe from cyber crime?
PC Magazine December 9, 2003	Phishing for Online IDs Spam and viruses are enough to worry about, but now online fraud is reaching epidemic proportions.
The Motley Fool August 3, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Your Credit Rating Is Likely Flawed According to a Public Interest Research Groups survey, 79% of credit reports have errors in them and 25% are serious.
Bank Technology News February 2005 Holly Sraeel	Hot on the ID Theft Trail: Will the Real Jane Doe Stand Up? Welcome to the world of identity theft, where the snatch of an individual's social security number begins that unsuspecting individual's downward financial spiral.
Wall Street & Technology November 27, 2007 Melanie Rodier	Identity Theft Top Priority for State Legislators More than 1,300 bills covering a range of issues that could impact financial institutions currently are pending before the 50 U.S. state legislatures.
BusinessWeek November 12, 2007 Brian Grow	Conveniently Not Updating? A lawsuit alleges that credit bureaus fail to update their credit reports to show that debts have been discharged.
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The Motley Fool November 30, 2004 Dayana Yochim	Click Here for a Free Credit Report This spiel's for real as part of the updated Fair Credit Reporting Act passed in January that guarantees U.S. citizens a free peek into the credit files the big three reporting agencies keep on us.
InternetNews July 5, 2005 Roy Mark	Finance Firms To Give FTC ID Theft Data The financial services industry is pooling its own data on identity theft victims with the Federal Trade Commission and law enforcement groups.
The Motley Fool July 3, 2006 Tim Beyers	Give Veterans a Free Credit Check Score one for the Feds in the war against identity theft. A stolen laptop with vets' personal data is returned, but this isn't over.
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