I was recently reviewing some of the features of the most popular anti spyware software and I’ve concluded that the one that I have listed here is the best…no doubt! What makes the Laplink PCdefense software so great is that it has a disaster recovery mechanism built within the software. None of the other spyware […]

Phishing Protection - On Hand Software  
Complete Protection While You Surf The Web!

Highest level of protection against Phishing; an e-mail scam that tries to trick users into revealing sensitive information by masquerading as a legitimate bank or credit card issuer. The information is used to steal identities.
Blocks access to fraud-related web sites that are known to […]

This is an interesting video I recently ran across, that warns about the heigtened risk of identity fraud during this holiday shopping season. While this is a peak season for shopping and many consumers are stressfully searching for last minute gifts, it is also a peak time for identity theft. This video shares the necesary […]

The two words phishing and fishing sound the same, and to be honest with you, in some way they are very similar. Let me explain this so that I won’t have too many confused people reading this.
Phishing, is a sneaky crime that scammers use in order to steal the identity of its victims. Just like […]

I just found out that this Tuesday, 12/12/2006, federal agents raided meat processing plants within 6 states and arrested an unknown number of illegal immigrants. From what I understand, the federal agents exposed a scheme in which illegal immigrants bought the social security numbers and identities of plenty of US households in order to secure […]

Internet auction fraud, according to the Consumer Sentinel, the FTC consumer fraud’s database, was the most commonly related computer fraud issue within their database. The reports show that about 12 percent of the 431,000 computer related fraud complaints last year resulted from online auction fraud.
Online auction fraud is when a seller from an auction site […]

  If you haven’t heard, there is an enemy in cyberspace that is not as threatning as a malicious computer virus or worm. But this enemy is indeed more widespread and common then your typical computer virus.
So what am I talking about?
 
I am talking about what is known today as Spyware.
 
 It has been stated […]

I just read an interesting article about the link between identity theft and illegal immigration. It explains how many illegal immigrants are being caught with false or stolen identities. This information came as a result of a 10 month investigation by the ICE, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, in which they discovered that many undocumented […]

Everybody knows that this is the time of the year when countless individuals jam the stores and mall to shop for Christmas gifts. Most people acquire major debt during this time of the year, and spend most of the following year trying to clear up the debt. Of course, this is a season of giving and […]

This past month and a half has been a very interesting month and I am about to tell you why. Most of my friends know that I run an identity theft information site and I’ve constantly warned them about the potential for identity fraud and how to safeguard your identity from being stolen. Most of the […]