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Home > News > Identity Theft Identity Theft   The BBBVS website provides a place where consumer news and resources are readily available for consumers to access. BBBVS respects the rights of all copyright holders and authors.     Keyword Search:   Sort by: Choose... recent date oldest date   Article & Description Date Consumer Rating New Research Shows Identity Fraud Growth Is Contained and Consumers Have More Control Than They Think Identity fraud victims as a percent of the United States adult population have declined slightly from 4.7% to 4.0%, between 2003 and 2006. [read more] 1-31-2006 4.67 / 10 Spring-Cleaning? Know What to Keep, What to Discard…and When When it comes to reviewing your financial records, how do you know what to discard and what to keep? [read more] 3-25-2006 7.50 / 10 Identity Thieves Sometimes Target Businesses Consumers are not the only ones to fall victim to identity theft. Small businesses are not immune to identity theft scams. [read more] 4-13-2006 4.60 / 10 Play it Safe on the Internet If you are shopping or banking on the Internet the BBB and the FTC encourage you to make sure your personal information is protected against identity theft. [read more] 4-21-2006 5.50 / 10 ParetoLogic Whitepaper Exposes Risk of Electronic Identity Theft Through Unsecured Medical Records A new white paper by ParetoLogic examines the risks to health care consumers of identity theft and breach of confidentiality. [read more] 5-11-2006 7.50 / 10 Identity theft: The new way to rob a bank When Bank One notified Houston veterinarian Mike Janney that he owed $85,000 on his line of credit, he was stunned. He was a victim of Identity theft.[read more] 5-18-2006 5.00 / 10 New Web Site Educates People About Identity Theft Identity theft has become a real problem. In response the federal government has created several laws. With so many a website has been created to help explain. [read more] 5-18-2006 3.33 / 10 Bush Publishes Identity Theft Brochure – While Identity Cops Solves the Problem Last week President Bush acknowledged the seriousness of identity theft by unveiling the first ever national Identity Theft Task Force. [read more] 5-19-2006 7.83 / 10 Identity Theft Author and Speaker Recommends Three Steps Every Veteran Should Take to Protect Their Identity More than 26 million veterans are at risk for identity theft after a computer containing their personal information was stolen. [read more] 5-31-2006 6.50 / 10 Identity Theft and Some Basic Precautions Tips on how to avoid Identity theft [read more] 5-31-2006 8.00 / 10 Veterans assess info theft risk A security breach of veterans' records has caused needed debate about prevention as well as detection of identity theft.[read more] 6-1-2006 5.00 / 10 College Students at Increased Risk of Identity Theft; Survey Shows Computer Security Habits Are Lacking Survey findings reveal that while most students know basic computer security procedures, many don't practice them, leaving them open to identify theft. [read more] 7-24-2006 5.00 / 10 It’s Not Personal, It’s Only Business ... Identity Theft For three years ID theft was perpetrated upon A2G Company Inc. of Los Angeles. The crime was finally discovered when they were levied for back taxes. [read more] 7-26-2006 5.00 / 10 Regulators want new ID-theft measure The nation's top financial regulators want to make sure banks are doing everything possible to curb identity theft.[read more] 7-26-2006 5.00 / 10 New resource to aid victims of medical identity theft Imagine showing up in an emergency room after a serious accident to find that your a victim of identity theft and you've reached your insurance dollar limit.[read more] 7-26-2006 5.00 / 10 Prevent Identity Theft: Find Out Exactly How Safe You Are! Most everyone appears to have heard of identity theft and many can predict the problems that are likely to occur should they become victimized. [read more] 8-9-2006 5.00 / 10 4 scams: How to avoid them Three years ago, John Niggeling was told about a company that promised investors a 10% monthly return, it sounded too good to be true, and it was.[read more] 11-4-2006 5.00 / 10 Identity theft a crime that can take years to recover from When William E. Murphy saw his name on a delinquent credit card account, an account he knew he never opened, he realized his Identity had been stolen.[read more] 12-6-2006 5.00 / 10 Ways to prevent identity theft Deter identity thieves by safeguarding your information.[read more] 12-6-2006 5.00 / 10 Identity-theft insurance isn't even worth its small price Insurance is like an extra piece of rain gear, unlikely to be necessary, but may be needed, this isn't one of those situations.[read more] 12-6-2006 5.00 / 10 Get Rid of Spyware There are easy things you can do to avoid spending a Saturday afternoon trying to restore your computer to it's former glory.[read more] 2-15-2007 5.00 / 10 I Was a Cybercrook for the FBI By the time David Thomas eased his Cadillac into the parking lot of an office complex, he already suspected the police were on to him.[read more] 2-15-2007 5.00 / 10 Ensnared on the wireless Web Unsuspecting Internet users are stumbling onto hacker turf, giving computer thieves nearly effortless access to their laptops.[read more] 3-29-2007 5.00 / 10 To Fight Identity Theft, a Call for Banks to Disclose All Incidents Is the identity theft scourge getting better or growing worse?[read more] 3-29-2007 5.00 / 10 Payroll Check Fraud Incident A story of check fraud and a way to avoid it.[read more] 3-29-2007 5.00 / 10 How Spyware Programs Started Off Innocently Enough The truth about spyware is that it started off so innocently that it is laughable just thinking about it.[read more] 3-29-2007 5.00 / 10 ABOUT BBB VIDEO | VIEW PRIVACY POLICY | LIBRARIAN INFORMATION | SPONSOR A VIDEO | BECOME AN AFFILIATE | LOGIN CONSUMER RESOURCES | NEWS | ADVOCATES | MEDIA & REVIEWS | VIDEO CATALOG | LIBRARY SEARCH | CONTACT US Copyright © 1995-2009. 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