by Carrie Kerskie | Nov 12, 2014 | Financial Identity Theft, Identity Theft, Privacy Tips & Tricks
The answer is both yes and no. There are two types of online banking. The first type permits you to view your accounts online. This type of online banking I recommend. The second type of online banking permits you to schedule payments to payees from your bank account....
by Carrie Kerskie | Nov 4, 2014 | Cyber Threats, Fraud and Scams, Government Benefits Theft, Identity Theft, Privacy Tips & Tricks
Imagine your surprise when you go to file for Social Security and you are told that you are already receiving it. Or what about when your checks bounce because your social security payment was deposited into someone else’s account. Both of these are examples of...
by Carrie Kerskie | Aug 19, 2014 | Child Identity Theft, Identity Theft, Privacy Tips & Tricks
As you prepare to send your child(ren) back to school there is one “to-do” that is crucial to your child’s future. Protecting your child’s identity from identity thieves. Paperwork It seems that every time you turn around someone is asking for...
by Carrie Kerskie | Feb 10, 2014 | Identity Theft, Privacy Tips & Tricks
TIPS TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FINANCIAL IDENTITY THEFT Use a credit card, not a debit card. You have less liability and the money is not taken directly out of your bank account. Have two credit cards, one with a lower limit for monthly purchases and one with a higher...
by Carrie Kerskie | Sep 27, 2013 | Cyber Threats, Privacy Tips & Tricks
What an interesting time we are living in. We are up in arms when our privacy has been exposed, yet we continue to put our daily lives and the lives of our children onto various social networking sites on a regular bases. Don’t get me wrong – I am all in...
by Carrie Kerskie | Aug 28, 2013 | Data Breaches, Privacy Tips & Tricks
Recently I came across an article by Charles Duhigg where Target notified the father of a teenage girl that she was with child. Target was mailing pregnancy coupons addressed to his teenage daughter. He did what any father of a teenage daughter would do – he...
