Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

authorities arrested a 19-year-old Florida man charged with wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiring with others to use SIM-swapping to steal cryptocurrency. The publication said the judge overseeing Urban’s case denied bail because the defendant was a strong flight risk. 9, 2024, U.S.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 9, 2023

But there are some concrete steps that everyone can take which will dramatically lower the risk that identity thieves will ruin your financial future. In that context, even small, unintentional errors that are unrelated to identity theft can have outsized consequences for consumers down the road.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 28, 2020

But you probably didn’t know that these fraudsters also can use caller ID spoofing to trick your bank into giving up information about recent transactions on your account — data that can then be abused to make their phone scams more believable and expose you to additional forms of identity theft. ” Image: Next Caller.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

After all, it’s not uncommon for bargain basement phantom Web sites to materialize during the holiday season, and then vanish forever not long afterward. If you’re buying from an online store that is brand new, the risk that you will get scammed increases significantly.

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