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Cheryl Baumgartner Medical Billing/Coding/Insurance
The absolute worst type of identity theft-medical!View - Promote - Comment - Oct 28th 2007 12:51
Identity theft is a nightmare any way you look at it. Financial ruin, jail time, loss of benefits can all result from this crime. But ther...Cheryl Baumgartner Medical Billing/Coding/Insurance
News: About 400 documents containing credit card information and Social Security numbers found in trash containerView - Promote - Comment - Oct 25th 2007 15:28
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All it took was a birth certificate and a social security cardView - Promote - Comment - Oct 16th 2007 17:55
A Guatemalan man is sentenced to 38 months for identity theft. Not once did he touch or tamper with his victims bank accounts or credit cards and yet...Cheryl Baumgartner Medical Billing/Coding/Insurance
News: Names, addresses, birth dates and driver's license numbers of 1,800 employees revealedView - Promote - Comment - Oct 15th 2007 17:36
Data Breach No. 4 Comes From Outside Pfizer October 10, 2007 By Lee Howard http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=8bd92db3-bb26-4c59-83ac-6c13fd6796fd Pfi...Cheryl Baumgartner Medical Billing/Coding/Insurance
Are you contributing to identity theft?View - Promote - Comment - Oct 15th 2007 09:13
I know most people will say 'no, I don't give out information and I shred everything." Think about your e-mail for a moment. How many e-mails do you...- Security webinar 10/12
Hi Everyone, I don't really have anything to do with security, but I might soon. I'm looking into a new security company. It looks like they will ...View - Promote - View all 1 comments » - Comment » - Oct 10th 2007 15:26Cheryl Baumgartner Welcome to the group Tabitha. We all need to know about things like this now days. I've already got my hands full with my company but I'll try to j...
Oct 10th 15:50 Cheryl Baumgartner Medical Billing/Coding/Insurance
ID theft Series #6-Driver's LicenseView - Promote - Comment - Oct 8th 2007 10:38
First let me note that driver's license cover's state issued ID cards, Learner's Permits And any state issued ID card generated by the Department of M...Cheryl Baumgartner Medical Billing/Coding/Insurance
ID Theft Series #5 Part 2 Social Security ID TheftView - Promote - Comment - Oct 5th 2007 17:36
We've talked about illegal immigration and how your social security number can be used for employment by illegals. Let talk know about strictly socia...Cheryl Baumgartner Medical Billing/Coding/Insurance
ID Theft Series #4-GhostingView - Promote - Comment - Oct 3rd 2007 08:01
Other than wrapping goatskin around your hands and telling your father that your name is Esau, This is probably the oldest form of Identity theft. A ...Cheryl Baumgartner Medical Billing/Coding/Insurance
ID theft Series #3-Financial Identity Theft
I thought I'd start this one off with a laugh Although identity theft is not a laughing matter. The nightmare ID theft victims face can be overwhelmin...View - Promote - View all 1 comments » - Comment » - Sep 30th 2007 11:02Cheryl Baumgartner Let's talk about another way thieves steal your financial identity. If you own a home a thief using your information can take out a loan against the ...
Oct 1st 09:15Cheryl Baumgartner Medical Billing/Coding/Insurance
Criminal Identity Theft - ID Theft Series #2
Criminal or Character identity theft happens when someone uses your name when they commit a crime. A good example of this is outlined in this MSNBC a...Cheryl Baumgartner Note: with this type of identity theft, a good lawyer is crucial. You don't want the false arrest to follow you around for the rest of your life. On...
Sep 27th 07:35Cheryl Baumgartner There is way too much information to post it all at once so I hope you'll bear with me in adding to this bit by bit. The next problem with Criminal i...
Sep 28th 12:09View - Promote - View all 3 comments » - Comment » - Sep 26th 2007 23:35Cheryl Baumgartner Now finally on the issue of criminal identity theft and I will move on. An ID thief does not have to steal your identity for this specific purpose of...
Sep 29th 08:51Cheryl Baumgartner Medical Billing/Coding/Insurance
Welcome
Just a short welcome message for my new friends. I hope we can accomplish the mission of educating ourselves and looking for ways we can help each ot...View - Promote - View all 1 comments » - Comment » - May 18th 2007 21:37Sandy A Hi Cheryl...Thanks for inviting me to this group. I have lots of reading to catch up on in here.
Sep 28th 11:19Cheryl Baumgartner Medical Billing/Coding/Insurance
Identity theft seriesView - Promote - Comment - Sep 26th 2007 10:33
There's a lot of misconceptions out there about identity theft. It's time to clear them up. I'll be doing a series of in depth posts about the diffe...Cheryl Baumgartner Medical Billing/Coding/Insurance
News: Personal information of 6.3 million exposed by database hackView - Promote - Comment - Sep 16th 2007 17:51
6.3 million investors affected. While there as yet have been no financial losses and the company claims social security numbers were not taken, I thi...Cheryl Baumgartner Medical Billing/Coding/Insurance
Reported breaches top 165 million compromised recordsView - Promote - Comment - Sep 13th 2007 12:07
It almost seems as if data breaches are becoming the norm in business. The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse is reporting that over 165 million individual...Cheryl Baumgartner Medical Billing/Coding/Insurance
Just how bad is the security breach issue?View - Promote - Comment - Sep 4th 2007 16:45
That's a subjective question. The average American is listing in 50 different databases. I think that's a lot but you may not. That's one reason I ...Cheryl Baumgartner Medical Billing/Coding/Insurance
Clearing out the clutterView - Promote - Comment - Aug 6th 2007 11:53
Many posts have been placed here and that's good but it is a bit stagnant. I think perhaps cleaning put the clutter (old subjects that have not been ...