The credit bureaus are keeping quiet about the ideal indistinguishability theft prevention option, the Credit Freeze. They apparently dont want you to know about the credit freeze (aka Security Freeze) because once your credit is frozen they can not sell your individualized credit information to numerous marketers. We want you to know about this tiny known secret and ask that you share it with your friends and family; the most effective individualized option for indistinguishability theft prevention is the credit freeze, period. A credit freeze is a more effective method of indistinguishability theft prevention than a fraud signal (what Lifelock and others sell) because with a fraud alert, creditors still have access to your credit file and often ignore the signal and allow credit anyway! So both methods are aimed at stopping indistinguishability thieves from obtaining new credit lines in your study but the credit freeze is a much more potent endorsement for consumers concerned with indistinguishability theft prevention. Because the credit freeze is only obtainable directly from the credit bureaus (and they dont want you to know about it) there is very low public awareness about this indistinguishability theft prevention option. It is simple to learn how you can freeze and unfreeze your credit at the three major credit bureaus through the use of a credit freeze. We show you how, step by step in this video. Please visit www.IdentityTheft.info, for more information about a security credit freeze and indistinguishability theft prevention. Identity theft affects fifteen …

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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

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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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