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Credit card offers: five mysteries explained
Credit-card companies often say you are "pre-approved," "pre-screened," "pre-qualified," or "pre-selected" to receive their credit card. Here is a guide to sorting through credit-card offers:
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Credit cards: Top 4 tips for retirees
Credit cards make sense in retirement, as long as you don't slack off on managing your credit. Seniors who maintain a healthy credit history and high FICO scores will benefit – not only from low interest rates and better terms on loans, but also from leveraging lucrative credit card sign-up bonuses to earn thousands in free travel, cash back, or other merchandise. The key is to use credit cards responsibly. Here are four tips on how to use your credit cards in retirement:
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6 men alleged to be LulzSec hackers
Tuesday saw the news that the FBI had identified and charged six men allegedly behind the hacktivist group LulzSec. Who are the men that the FBI says are behind LulzSec's mayhem?
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Tax day 2011: Four ways to protect your tax returns from data thieves
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Christine O'Donnell under investigation: where six 2010 also-rans are now
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Identity theft on tax returns soars
Identity theft involving tax returns rose fivefold between 2008 and 2010, a new study shows. Taxpayer identity theft typically involves stealing Social Security numbers and filing for refunds early.
06/02/2011 01:49 pm -
Horizons How 'cookiejacking' could steal people's Facebook passwords
Cookiejacking could let hackers compromise Facebook profiles, says a computer security expert. But Microsoft argues cookiejacking isn't a high risk threat.
05/27/2011 01:29 pm -
Horizons PlayStation Network back online fully around May 31: report
PlayStation Network service may not be completely back online until the end of the month, according to one source. Meanwhile, PSN today remains offline.
05/09/2011 11:33 pm -
Credit-card fraud: Is Sony doing enough to stop it?
Credit-card fraud scandal has put Sony in the hot seat. Critics say it's not moving fast enough to help customers avoid credit-card fraud.
05/04/2011 12:06 am -
The Simple Dollar A postmortem on tax filing
Tax filing should be made much simpler. Here are a few suggestions of how to do it .
04/21/2011 10:12 am -
Tax day 2011: Four ways to protect your tax returns from data thieves
Tax-related identity theft is the fastest growing kind of identity theft. Between 2005 and 2009 complaints to the Federal Trade Commission tripled from 11,000 to nearly 34,000, according to a Scripps Howard News Service investigation. Thieves steal personal information to use for themselves or sell, or they take it to divert a tax refund into their own pockets. Identity theft, as a whole, is on the decline, but the abundance of personal information in circulation during tax season makes it a prime time for thieves to strike. Here are four tips for keeping your information safe:
04/14/2011 01:14 pm -
$10 million buried in garlic field. Farmer arrested.
$10 million buried, then accidentally dug up, gets South Korean farmer arrested. Police say $10 million buried to hide gains from illegal Internet gambling.
04/13/2011 01:35 am -
Social Security IDs: fake. Tax returns filed: 117.
Social Security numbers were fraudulent, so were the income-tax returns. Tax-scammer and former inmate gets 57 months in prison.
04/09/2011 05:47 pm -
Christine O'Donnell under investigation: where six 2010 also-rans are now
When Election 2010 came and went, we thought the highest-profile losers – most of them Republican tea partyers – might fade quietly into oblivion. Not this group, for the most part. At least one is writing a book, a couple are launching political action committees, and one is already running for office again. One is under federal investigation, and another still isn’t completely finished contesting the 2010 race.
12/29/2010 06:28 pm -
The Simple Dollar Tame the debt monster
In December and January, The Simple Dollar is posting a daily series focusing on specific activities you can do right now to set the stage for a great 2011. Out with the old, in with the new.
12/21/2010 12:00 pm -
Identity theft: five simple ways to protect yourself
Identity theft has been around forever. Even in ancient times, impersonators would pretend to be someone they were not – a prince, a long-lost heir to a great fortune, a merchant who had died at sea. The Internet has made the theft much easier. A hack here, a lost flash drive there, and tens of thousands of people can find themselves with false credit-card charges or drained bank accounts. In 2008 alone, 10 million Americans had their identity stolen. Here are five practical tips to keep your identity safe:
11/29/2010 04:07 pm -
Identity theft scam may have netted man $500,000
Identity theft: Prosecutors say Nigerian-born Iguosade Osahon stole names, dates of birth and Social Security numbers from more than 750 people across the United States.
08/26/2010 10:28 am -
Alleged global credit card fraud kingpin arrested in France
Vladislav Anatolievich Horohorin had been indicted by a US federal grand jury in November on charges that he engaged in an illicit international network to facilitate credit card fraud.
08/11/2010 07:21 pm -
The New Economy Identity theft: How to protect your kids
Identity theft that targets children is rising. Here are five steps to protect your family.
08/03/2010 05:38 pm -
Identity theft targets social security numbers of children
Identity theft: Now thieves are targeting your kid's social security number long before the little one even has a bank account. Authorities say this type of identity theft could pose new problems for the nation's credit system.
08/03/2010 02:20 pm -
A healing response to identity theft
A Christian Science perspective.
06/28/2010 02:05 am -
iPhone problems: Apple, AT&T hit with glitches on new iPhone orders
iPhone issues. Apple and AT&T face two major problems with taking orders for new iPhone.
06/16/2010 10:38 am -
Hamas assassination: Dubai says four more forged passports used
Hamas assassination: Dubai police said that four more forged passports were used by people alleged to have arranged the assassination of Hamas official Mahmoud al-Mahbouh last month in Dubai.
02/23/2010 09:44 am -
US oil industry hit by cyberattacks: Was China involved?
MONITOR EXCLUSIVE: Breaches show how sophisticated industrial espionage is becoming. The big question: Who’s behind them?
01/25/2010 02:02 pm -
Four hackers indicted in $9.4 million ATM heist
Four men said to be masterminds of a sophisticated hacking ring from Eastern Europe were indicted for a heist last November. The men hacked into a bank card system and transferred $9.4 million to conspirators in 280 cities worldwide.
11/10/2009 12:00 am -
Fla. man in credit card data theft accepts plea
Albert Gonzalez of Miami was charged with conspiracy, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft charges in federal courts in New York and Boston.
08/28/2009 01:00 am -
I got phished
Column: How I, a technology expert, fell for the very thing that I warn others against.
08/20/2009 01:00 am -
Indictment of card hacker unlikely to end thefts
Accomplices to the crimes are believed to be on the loose in Russia or other countries where U.S. authorities are less likely to get them.
08/19/2009 01:00 am -
Sentencing looms in HP phone-record scandal
Bryan Wagner pleaded guilty 2-1/2 years ago to identity theft and conspiracy.
08/12/2009 01:00 am -
Horizons Citing identity theft violations, NY Attorney General sues social network
07/10/2009 01:00 am
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