Learn how to refrain phishing scams! My entry for the 2007 Educause Cyber Security Awareness Video Contest, on the dangers of indistinguishability theft and ways to protect yourself. The contest was held as part of a national campaign to raise awareness of and increase personal security at colleges and universities. Michael Wong, Kevin Atef and Johnson Chau. www.educause.edu/SecurityVideoContest
Social Engineering Prevention is extremely important. Financial speaker and Identity theft expert John Sileo demonstrates Social Engineering Prevention with a Military Crowd for the Department of Defense.
http://www.sileo.com/social-engineering-scams-human-emotion/
If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.
That is the ideal way to Think Like A Spy and be signal of Social Engineers that are trying to manipulate you. With such a gloomy economy and many people without work, offers for fast cash and large discounts become more and more attractive. Most of these Identity Theft cases use the technique of Social Engineering.
Social Engineering is the act of manipulating people into performing actions or divulging confidential information by playing on their human emotions. The term typically applies to deception for the purpose of information gathering, fraud, or personal system access; in most cases the attacker never comes face-to-face with the victim. These days most thieves can nab your indistinguishability over the phone, mail, email, and through social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter.
While some schemes scam you into giving out social security numbers, bank statement numbers or other confidential indistinguishability pieces, others are as easy as a pickpocket distracting you emotionally while another thief steals your notecase or purse. Here are what a few of the most widely used savvy cyber attacks look like:
* Phony charitable phishing scams, many of which are designed to look as if they come from real charities. Always enter in the exact URL for the Charity that you wish to donate to rather than clicking on a link.
* Important email or text notices from your bank. They tell you to click on a link to access your statement to fix an important, time sensitive problem. Dont click on a link via email. Always type in the exact URL of your your bank or call the number on the back of your card. Nothing is that urgent.
* Nigerian Email Scam. This scam has been around for decades in different versions and says that a wealthy foreigner needs help moving millions of dollars from his homeland and promises a hefty percentage for helping him. This scheme is designed to part you with your money. Once you send a check or bank statement numbers you wont see a dime in return and most victims report losing thousands and hundreds of thousands of dollars to this scam.
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Identity Theft Prevention Tips from TrustedID.com CEO Scott Mitic
TrustedID Offers Tips to Help Consumers Protect Themselves from Identity Theft [08-Jan-2009] Identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes in America, affecting approximately 15 million consumers per year, or one new victim each two seconds. Armed with individualized information such as Social Security numbers, credit card numbers, obloquy and addresses, indistinguishability thieves can drain their victim’s bank accounts and commit fraud in their name. The latest forms of this crime have expanded to medical, child and social networking indistinguishability theft. With the ever-increasing amount of consumer data that is acquirable on the Internet, it’s becoming easier for cyber criminals to piece together the elements they need in order to steal someone’s identity. In the current economic downturn, more and more instances of credit fraud and data theft are being reported crossways the country, and unfortunately no one is immune. Fortunately, there are some easy and immediate steps that consumers can take to proactively protect themselves from indistinguishability theft. Available video includes tips and comments by Scott Mitic, consumer suggest and CEO of TrustedID on how people can prevent ID theft and what they should do if they suspect it has already occurred, as well as related pick-up shots showing some common elements that e-criminals use to commit indistinguishability theft.
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Identity Theft Prevention Tips from TrustedID.com CEO Scott Mitic
TrustedID Offers Tips to Help Consumers Protect Themselves from Identity Theft [08-Jan-2009] Identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes in America, affecting approximately 15 million consumers per year, or one new victim each two seconds. Armed with individualized information such as Social Security numbers, credit card numbers, obloquy and addresses, indistinguishability thieves can drain their victim’s bank accounts and commit fraud in their name. The latest forms of this crime have expanded to medical, child and social networking indistinguishability theft. With the ever-increasing amount of consumer data that is acquirable on the Internet, it’s becoming easier for cyber criminals to piece together the elements they need in order to steal someone’s identity. In the current economic downturn, more and more instances of credit fraud and data theft are being reported crossways the country, and unfortunately no one is immune. Fortunately, there are some easy and immediate steps that consumers can take to proactively protect themselves from indistinguishability theft. Available video includes tips and comments by Scott Mitic, consumer suggest and CEO of TrustedID on how people can prevent ID theft and what they should do if they suspect it has already occurred, as well as related pick-up shots showing some common elements that e-criminals use to commit indistinguishability theft.
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Identity Theft Prevention Tips from TrustedID.com CEO Scott Mitic
TrustedID Offers Tips to Help Consumers Protect Themselves from Identity Theft [08-Jan-2009] Identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes in America, affecting approximately 15 million consumers per year, or one new victim each two seconds. Armed with individualized information such as Social Security numbers, credit card numbers, obloquy and addresses, indistinguishability thieves can drain their victim’s bank accounts and commit fraud in their name. The latest forms of this crime have expanded to medical, child and social networking indistinguishability theft. With the ever-increasing amount of consumer data that is acquirable on the Internet, it’s becoming easier for cyber criminals to piece together the elements they need in order to steal someone’s identity. In the current economic downturn, more and more instances of credit fraud and data theft are being reported crossways the country, and unfortunately no one is immune. Fortunately, there are some easy and immediate steps that consumers can take to proactively protect themselves from indistinguishability theft. Available video includes tips and comments by Scott Mitic, consumer suggest and CEO of TrustedID on how people can prevent ID theft and what they should do if they suspect it has already occurred, as well as related pick-up shots showing some common elements that e-criminals use to commit indistinguishability theft.
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