Similar to any activity, protecting users’ identity online is significant for the future of the internet economy. Unfortunately, as we learn every single day, being smart is not enough to guard yourself from dangerous online scams or deceitful identity theft. So what can be done?

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Similar to any activity, protecting users’ identity online is significant for the future of the internet economy. Unfortunately, as we learn every single day, being smart is not enough to guard yourself from dangerous online scams or deceitful identity theft. So what can be done?

As the crime continues to grow, it is vital for both the new and experienced internet surfers to take extra preventive identity theft measures to protect themselves from falling victim to the hushed crime of online identity theft. Rather than just sitting there and hoping that it will never happen to you, perhaps you should consider employing the help of identity theft monitoring services.

How online theft monitoring services can monitor identity theft?

Uncover – Theft monitoring services uncover public social information along with private personal information found online. They also perform deep, private web scans to disclose both old and new information online.

Alert – After uncovering private data, these services alert the user about privacy changes made on social networking sites, send fraud alerts and internet scan alerts if too much personal information is shared online such as social security number, credit card number, address, phone number.

Take Action – After the alerts, these services ask you to take action to remove your personal information from additional sites, adjust/update Facebook privacy, delete old unused social accounts and DNC, DMA and credit offers.

Major Features of Identify Theft Monitoring Services:

Online monitoring services help you see what personal information is publicly available online.
Customize what private information you want to monitor and protect.
Assess your risk of identity theft with an identity theft score.
Such services help detect misuse of your identity as early as possible
Register your phone number with national do not call list to stop unwanted calls
Stop unwanted catalog and mail spam
Enable browser privacy using easy to install plug-ins and cookie removal tools

Always remember that the key to minimize the distressing damages of online identity theft is to grab hold of the identity thieves early, and one of the top ways to spot early signs of online identity theft is to monitor identity theft with an effective identity theft monitoring service.

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Prof. Hasan Yahya – Professor of Sociology

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Computer Users Anywhere, A Must Read!

Computer Users Anywhere, a must read!

Prof. Hasan Yahya – Professor of Sociology

 Yesterday I sent an article to Articlesbase for publication, about the latent and the manifest in goals topic. Such goals always have latent and manifest purposes. It may be made by local or international organizations such as schools,  charitable, organizations, or even intelligence agencies such as the CIA, or NATO, etc., Today this topic is different,

  My message I send to you briefly with the purpose of  [ Beware to be fooled by email scammers]. Scam emails are becoming more and more sophisticated and innovative to make victims believe the scam. Today, Friday March 6, 2009, 7:31 PM I received this email. This is a very fresh style or type of internet email scam.Under the subject: Scam Victims Compensation Payment Award. The amout is: US,000,000 This is close to be real, but it is NOT. The full message is long but begins with this: Greetings to you, On behalf of the Obama’s Foundation, we wish to notify you as a beneficiary of ,000,000 USD in compensation of scam  victims.  They tell you to contact HSBC INTERNATIONAL BANK, United Kingdom Branch for verification and release of your ,000,000 USD that we have deposited with the HSBC BANK,UK.” Signed by Mrs. Celina Bricks, the  Managing Director of the HSBC BANK,UK, and its private email and to be more deceiving ended by another person, named Dr. Caravan Marvis, [Names are faked] Coordinator, OBAMA’S FOUNDATION.
 You may see how smart the sender, while receivers are: undisclosed recipients. The message is disguised under a fake name person but important to bring your attention: Obama’s Foundation, and a famous bank name no economist may miss, the HSBC. This strange, a nd different from another message I received several Days ago. It says:  Contact: Mr. Michael Smith email ….. for the claims of £1,000,000.00Pounds UK Award, 2009 Claims.Requirement, Names,phone number, Country and Occupation. The message was signed by Mrs. Jenifer (One n) Fox. They all ask you to give this information. Full Names, Contact Address, Direct Telephone No. and your Occupation. Of course they give you telephone numbers too.

Several weeks ago, or months ago, or years ago, I can give you countless  examples, but I think you got the idea and the message which says: Beware of the email scams, otherwise you will be the internet victim number 99,000,000. Have you got it? I hope so!  (412 words)

* Dr. Hasan Yahya is a columnist at worldfutures.info and TINA International News Agency, Chicago.

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eBay Users: What You Have to Identify Regarding Phishing Scams

Are you an eBay user?  Whether you use eBay to do your online shopping or if you use eBay to generate extra income for yourself, as an eBay seller, there is something that you need to be aware of. As an eBay user, whether you are a seller or a buyer, you need to be on the lookout for phishing scams.  Phishing scams are rapidly increasing in popularity and many are using eBay as a front.  To protect your identity, as well as you finances, you need to be on the lookout for them.

If you are relatively new to eBay or online shopping in general, you may not know exactly what phishing scams are.  Do you?  If not, you should know that phishing scams are actually complex online scams.  A shady individual or a scammer makes a fake website that is similar to eBay or at least a fake eBay sign in page.  You are then sent an email that appears as if it was from eBay.  The only thing is that it wasn’t.  The goal of a phishing scam is to get you to visit the fake page and enter in your eBay sign in information, including your eBay screen name and your eBay password.  Once a scammer has your information, they get access to you personal information stored on eBay, as well as free use of your eBay account.

One of the reasons why phishing scams are so easy to fall victim to is because they give you the impression that is something is wrong with you eBay account or that you did something wrong yourself.  For instance, many phishing scams contain a message asking why you didn’t pay for an item that you ordered or outline the fact that your eBay account has been suspended.  The goal is to get you so worried that you will automatically click on the link to get the problem solved; however, as previously mentioned, the link takes you to a site that looks just like eBay, but it isn’t.  There is where the trouble comes in.  

If you get an eBay phishing scam email, you will want to do a little bit of detective work, before actually clicking on the link. In fact, you shouldn’t even click on the link.  The first thing that you will want to do is look at your name, as most eBay phishing emails start with “Dear eBay Member,” or something along those lines.  Real eBay messages will refer to you by your eBay screen name or even your real name.  You can also roll your mouse over the link provided to you and see where it will actually take you.  In most cases, you will find that you are being directed to another site, not eBay.com.  All eBay messages should appear in your “My eBay,” message box.  To see if eBay really sent you an email, you can log into your eBay account, from a brand new window that you open up, and check your messages, if you even have any at all.  

If you do receive an eBay phishing scam email, you are advised to contact eBay or examine eBay’s help center. There you will find instructions on how to report the email or send a copy of it to eBay. Although your first thought may be to delete the eBay phishing scam email, you will actually want to follow eBay’s reporting instructions.  You may know that you are being scammed, but other may not.  Reporting an eBay phishing scam to eBay allows them to take care of the problem; thus likely reducing the number of eBay users who fall victim to similar scams.

Now that you know exactly what eBay phishing scams are, you are urged to be on the lookout for them.  Keeping an open eye is your best line of defensive against eBay phishing scams or any phishing scams for that matter.

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