ITRC Fact Sheet 119
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Direct Connections to the Internet - Protecting Yourself and Your Information Against Intruders
Scam Alert! Southern California Residents
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Victims and Residents Must Be Alert to Potential Scams. The Identity Theft Resource Center, a San Diego based organization, wishes to alert the public of several potential identity theft-related situations that might arise from the catastrophic fires raging throughout Southern California. The ITRC recognizes the significant impact these on-going fires have made within the San Diego community-at-large. Our thoughts and best wishes go out to all friends and neighbors throughout Southern California.
Ohio State Data Breach
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Ohio State Data Breach - Consumer Notice
ITRC Solution 13
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Prevention Tips,
Scams
Protecting PII on the Internet
Examples of Scams: FBI/Central Bank of Nigera Scam
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Examples of Scams
Example of Scams: An email claiming to be from a US Government office (in this case, the FBI) telling the receiver of this email that there is a large some of money waiting for them in Nigeria. It further warns the receiver that there are many scam artists out there trying to steal their money and tells the reader to stop dealing with anybody else claiming to be from Nigeria. That THEY are the legit ones.
ITRC Fact Sheet 123
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Scams
Scam Assistance
ITRC Fact Sheet 121
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Prevention Tips,
Scams
Identity Theft Prevention Tips for Job Seekers
Caution: Facebook Quizzes
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The ITRC strongly recommends that you do not participate in the ever-present personality quizzes circulating on social networking sites. According to the Northern California Chapter of the ACLU, users taking quizzes are revealing far too much information.
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FTC.gov Let's Say Goodbye to Phone Fraud
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From FTC.gov
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Explains how to recognize and report phone fraud and encourages consumers to register their number in the National Do Not Call Registry."
Examples of Scam-Job Scam that appears to be from Hong Kong
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Examples of Scams
The Nigerian Scam, in which someone asks for help in transferring money, is now "coming" from countries in Asia. Any email asking for you to help to move money, reship packages, or collect money for a company or person anywhere in the world should be considered a scam.