Financial Services Identity Theft Scams 
Krebs on Security
APRIL 28, 2020
You may have heard that today’s phone fraudsters like to use use caller ID spoofing services to make their scam calls seem more believable. But such records are ideally suited for criminals engaged in the type of phone scams that are the subject of this article.
Identity IQ
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Would you believe that incidents of identity fraud increased by more than 40% from 2019 to 2020? Identity Theft: The Stark Reality found financial loss related to identity theft rose by approximately 42% in 2020. Keep reading to learn how you can help protect yourself from becoming an identity theft victim.
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Adam Levin
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
This prolonged season of online shopping (and stress) will provide ample opportunity for phishers, smishers, vishers and identity thieves to pilfer your valuable personal and/or payment information. Here are 50 ways to avoid getting scammed on Black Friday — and beyond. Report scams. Choose credit over debit.
Adam Levin
SEPTEMBER 5, 2019
Some of the information out there was granular enough to allow a variety of scams, but the most serious is SIM-card swapping scams, where a criminal, armed with enough information about you, and most crucially your phone number, arranges to have your number moved to a phone in the criminal’s possession. . Introducing the legacy fail.
The Last Watchdog
FEBRUARY 11, 2024
It seems every day we hear of another breach, another scam, another attack on anything from a small business to a critical aspect of our nation’s infrastructure. Regulatory overload Firms in the financial services industry are staring down the bottom of the regulatory barrel coming into 2024.
Adam Levin
NOVEMBER 30, 2018
This is a tremendous blow to consumers who trusted their information would be safe, and represents a potentially life-changing situation for anyone affected since there is enough information to make virtually any identity theft scam possible. Follow the three Ms: 1. Minimize your exposure. Manage the damage.
Identity IQ
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
Thinking about credit monitoring shouldn’t stop at protecting your own personal financials. To help keep your family safe, credit and identity theft monitoring should extend to your entire family, and here’s why: people want to protect their loved ones, from infants to aging parents, but simply can’t be everywhere at once.
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