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IDENTITY THEFT on the net?




oslojente
Olso Norway
Posted: May 6, 2008, 6:04 AM CST
I just thought I figured out where mine went, it was stolen on the net...

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Hugz_n_Kissez
Someplace, Ontario Canada
Posted: May 6, 2008, 6:06 AM CST
oslojente wrote:
I just thought I figured out where mine went, it was stolen on the net...



HMMMMMMMMMMM Well if I see you around anywhere...I'll let ya know.....giggle detective female rollers
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RobbieM
Hertford, Hertfordshire, England UK
Posted: May 6, 2008, 7:44 AM CST
kcarbonaro wrote:
I don't totally agree to Tip number (4) - Saying it that way you seem to hate gmail accounts :) ... I would put it this way;
Email is not encrypted and can easily be read by anyone. Therefore whatever the destination or source email account, one should be very careful when sending personally identifiable information and logins/passwords/pin numbers/visa numbers etc...

When you are the receiver of an email, before opening it, have a look at the subject field.

Many times you will be able to identify spam/malicious email from the subject.

In your email software, switch off the preview pane if it is on. The preview pan actually opens the email (the name 'preview' is misleading).

With regards to free email accounts (e.g. Gmail/Hotmail/Others), there is always a bigger risk as spammers usually use these services to send you emails.

An important thing to know is that anyone can easily modify the FROM field so the email looks like it is coming from someone you know. It is very difficult to confirm where any email is coming from.

Kevin


Gmails privacy policy is basically you do not have any rights of ownership of anything you author or store on their system!! It's curious how i only gave 3 people that addy but ive had hundreds of phishing email, scams, and wel you name it somehow it finds its way to my account.

So if you want Gmail to read and have the right to anything you possess, and share that information with government agencies of their chosing all around the globe then that is your choice.

That said i had a phishing email to my home email account saying i had a message from someone on loopylove.com, when i have never even visited the site!!!

It's a case of be sensible i am affraid everyone.cheers
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RobbieM
Hertford, Hertfordshire, England UK
Posted: May 6, 2008, 7:46 AM CST
Maybe the real question should have been "personality theft........".

With some its hard to fathom if there would be a difference anywayrolling on the floor laughing
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mindfful
--, Missouri USA
Posted: May 6, 2008, 7:50 AM CST
i was backdoored and some money drawn from my bank acct
last year and my bank returned it immediately and
the company that was paid w/ my money
joined in the prosecution

happened to be google ads

oddly i find a new g mail acct to be the most secure
of any of my othersdunno

and encryptions, etc can be extracted when working wireless
thats a bummer...

checking your credit isnt a great idea-in the US anyway-
everytime your credit is checked by anyone it shows a hit
best is to subscribe to a monitoring and protection service.
these can be very reasonable as little as 30$ a year
and they guarantee no unwanted activity.





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