by Carrie Kerskie | Sep 25, 2012 | Cyber Threats, Devices, Privacy Tips & Tricks
If you use a rent-to-own computer pay attention! The FTC has halted computer spying on rented computers. The FTC stated that rent-to-own companies secretly installed software on to computers to track the location of rented computers. Unfortunately, they failed to...
by Carrie Kerskie | Sep 25, 2012 | Assets, Credit Identity Theft, Fraud and Scams, Identity Theft
Just when you thought you have seen it all, a new type of online auction and online marketplace scam bubbles to the surface. This one is called triangle credit card fraud because three parties are involved or impacted by the scam. First party – the seller (aka...
by Carrie Kerskie | Sep 25, 2012 | Data Breaches, Privacy Tips & Tricks
A friend of mine, a physician, recently told me about his experience with an electronic medical records company. My friend, we shall call him Doc, realized he was paying for the company to maintain archived records on patients no longer in his practice. He call the...
by Carrie Kerskie | Sep 17, 2012 | Fraud and Scams, Identity, Phone/Text
Election time means being bombarded with political ads, surveys, phone calls, emails and more. But do you really know who is behind the surveys, emails and phone calls? If you’re not careful, you could be giving your money or personal information to criminals....
by Carrie Kerskie | Sep 17, 2012 | Identity, Identity Theft
He said he wasn’t married… I know what you are thinking. You think this is an article about cheating spouses right? Wrong. This is about the latest trend in identity theft. Imagine this… You and your fiancé head to the county office to apply for...
