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Beware of online scams

admin — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 02:20:15 +0000

Eighty percent of annual online sales occur during the four weeks between Black Friday and the weekend before Christmas and online scammers target these online shoppers. Chris Wragge and Rebecca Jarvis speak with Jennifer Jolly, tech and lifestyle Editor at Tecca.com to find out what to look out for.

Duration : 0:4:42

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iCrime: California Targets Cybercrime, Identity Theft

admin — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:00:14 +0000

More than 1 million Californians annually are victims of identity theft as the number of criminals using technology to carry out illegal behavior and harass victims steadily climbs.

Duration : 0:2:56

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Beware of online scams

admin — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:57:08 +0000

Duration : 0:4:42

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Cyber Identity Theft and How to Prevent It

admin — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:56:59 +0000

Cyber Identity theft has become a major problem in today’s electronic cash and Internet shopping world. It seems that whenever banking and online security advances to keep out the baddies they go and improve the types and variety of their hustles. Sometimes however it is not the breaching of electronic security but the complacency and misplaced faith of the individual that allows these transgressors to get away with your money.

While the loss of the initial money removed from your bank accounts or credit cards is enough of a shock what is often worse is the proceeding problems that you may face long after the actual crime. Things such as your credit history will have a record of unpaid bills or bad credit associated with the theft that can be far harder to overcome and create ongoing problems and stress.

The best way to combat identity theft is prevention. By being alert regarding transactions made on your credit cards or bank accounts, and taking action quickly you can limit your losses if you notice any fraudulent transactions. If you do notice any questionable transactions on your accounts then there are a few steps to take to limit your losses.

Notify your bank or credit card company’s fraudulent claims department immediately that there are debatable transactions on your account. You may be liable for the cost of fraudulent transactions on your account until the time you notify your bank so vigilance is the key, however many credit cards have a $50 maximum liability.

If necessary close your accounts and open new ones with completely new passwords etc. Request that the accounts be closed via phone initially and then in person to ensure that your request has been acted upon.

Contact the main credit reference agencies (such as Equifax, Transunion and Experian) and place a fraud alert on your file. This will help to prevent further fraud by the criminals who have your information.

Report the fraud to the authorities who will issue you with a crime number. This number is required to make any claims against insurance etc.

Advise the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and report the details of the fraud. This helps the police to keep up with any new methods being used by criminals to commit ID theft and thus helps to stamp it out.

Apart from the steps to take if you are a victim of ID theft there are some simple measures to take to help prevent it in the first place. Simple things such as never carrying your PIN number in your wallet or purse with the card are too often forgotten giving criminals easy access to your cash should you lose your wallet. Never respond to emails that require you to log into your bank account from a link within the email that appears to be from your bank. This kind of account password harvesting is known as Phishing and catches more people that it should by gaining access to their account details and then clearing the account of all funds before the owner knows it.

Cyber Identity theft and other types of fraud are all too common and will always be a danger to the electronic banking system we have today. Unfortunately that danger is the price we pay for convenience and access to our credit. Despite these risks however if you remain vigilant and take some common sense measures to protect yourself from this type of fraud you can limit your losses and sometimes escape relatively unscathed.

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Govt Has Kill Switch To Shut Down Internet

admin — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 11:37:02 +0000

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Mike Bloomberg not feeling the heat thanks to gov. Paterson’s debacle, links to MTA editorials

admin — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:24:25 +0000

Have you noticed the press are not asking Mike Bloomberg any tough questions? Mike Bloomberg is breathing a sigh of relief which I talked about in the YouTube Elizabeth Benjamin linked to from her blog although her piece was on Dave Paterson and my YouTube demanded Paterson step down. Bloomberg must be thrilled because all the attention is off him and City Hall and on Dave Paterson.

I gotten written up in Elizabeth Benjamin’s column in The New York Daily News and the stalking resumes because the article links to a youTube that slams Paterson but also guess who? Bloomberg.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/speaker_quinn_pander_8v8ZAAYeHPTRxw5Ojlyp2L

http://suzannahbtroy.blogspot.com/2010/03/i-email-mayor-bloomberg-i-made-some.html

http://bloommbergforlife.blogspot.com/

Meet the scoundrels – 1: Lawmakers kill student MetroCards and blame MTA

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2010/03/08/2010-03-08_citytime_is_money.html

Go to the above YouTube — than see the YouTube that it is linked to and go to that one. In the text portion of that one is Elizabeth Benjamin’s piece that includes me.

This YouTube is mine on Mike Bloomberg in big trouble.

Even Ed Koch was brave enough speak up against Paterson but Bloomberg seems to basking in the Paterson debacle because the heat is off him.

Based on this newest flurry of crazy cyber attacks by Bloombergforlife posing as NicoHitler, I am beginning to think that Mike is going to try and run for President and that is why he has is campaign staff at city hall and why this guy I believe is still acting on Bloomberg’s behalf. The cyber stalker even compares me to Charlie Rose in a critical way of course and that happens to be someone else on Bloomberg’s payroll that benefits big time from his friendship with Bloomberg. Look at my political art poster lampooning Mike.

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Fight against cyber crime intensifies – 27 Apr 08

admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:37:03 +0000

In recent years governments have been spending millions of dollars trying to stop people using computers to access their secrets. Now Nato has come up with a new initiative to try to prevent efforts to find out about its weapons and intelligence. The Cyber Defence Management Authority was given the green light at the latest meeting of the organisation this month in Romania. The body means Nato is now focusing its efforts on protecting the computer capabilities of its member countries – not just its own internal systems. Stephen Cole reports for Al Jazeera.

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Cyber Author – Claims Internet Cannot Be Fixed and Calls for Totally Separate Secure Internet

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:29:59 +0000

*http://RT.com AND http://www.youtube.com/RussiaToday Author Joseph Menn claims that the Internet is broken and beyond repair and that a separate secure internet for all secure operations should be built.

Duration : 0:4:7

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Cyber Author – Educate Yourself to Better Secure Your Online Computing

admin — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:00:59 +0000

*http://RT.com AND http://www.youtube.com/RussiaToday Author Joseph Menn claims that people have no idea how compromised that security on the internet is. He lays out a few basic details as to what we should do to protect ourselves as much as possible from computer hacking and identity theft.

Duration : 0:1:36

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Cyber Author – Denial In Service Attackers Now Turning More to Identity Theft

admin — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:45:00 +0000

Author Joseph Menn provides information on how Denial In Service attack works by using a conglomerate of personal and business computers and how many of these cyber gangs are using it more and more for Identity Theft.

Duration : 0:5:47

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