haypotter2001 asked: When I buy something from another website lets just say some of the not so well known sites (sites that aren’t ebay, best buy, barnes and nobles, etc), how safe is it? Is there any red light characteristics that may indicate fraud/identity theft?Caffeinated Content for WordPress
gr33dos asked: I had my identity stolen (credit card information, SSN, etc.) and filed a police report in order to have a 7-year alert placed on my credit report. The idea is if anyone tries to open new credit, an alert directs the merchant/bank to call me immediately. I moved and got a new phone [...]
Fat Gross Hog asked: I applied for something and the place where I applied sent me a letter saying that a hacker got into their system and that hacker may have gotten my social security number, address, etc. I called the major credit bureaus and put a fraud alert on my account, but is there [...]
Southern Comfort asked: I have been informed by yahoo that someone requested opening two accounts with werdow_1 and also ornery_mschv_1 attempting to open accounts connected to my account. Obviously pretending they are me. How do you prevent this? Can these people be prosecuted for impersonation/lying/and other fraud? How do you prevent it from happening again? [...]
Clare asked: Am I at risk from identity fraud just by surfing the internet?Caffeinated Content