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These 2 Things Are What A Con Needs To Steal Your Identity
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These 2 Things Are What A Con Needs To Steal Your Identity Some good info from an article I read online. The date of birth info is a “thing” here and this is why mine is not given here. Frank Abagnale, a former con artist famously portrayed Leonardo DiCaprio in the film Catch If You Can, is out with a new book aptly entitled “Scam If You Can: Simple Strategies to Outsmart Today’s Rip-off Artists.” In it, he highlights the tricks today’s scammers and con artists are using to commit . “If you’re on Facebook, here’s the only things you have to remember — never tell anybody where you were born or your date of birth,” Frank Abagnale told Yahoo Finance. “'s 98% of stealing your identity. I only need to know those two pieces of information.” In the book, Abagnale outlines five rules of how to protect yourself from today’s scammers: 1. Protect your identity. Tip: Put your guard up as soon as someone says you need to share your personal or information with them right now — stop and verify the person you’re dealing with. 2. Secure your finances. Tip: Do not trust someone who tells you they always beat the market or can guarantee a certain level of returns. An honest and qualified planner cannot guarantee investment results. 3. Preserve your digital presence. Tip: Do not keep all your personal information in the cloud or on one laptop. Keep printouts of important documents in a lockbox or upload files to an external hard drive. 4. Safeguard your home and hearth. Tip: If you do not recognize the calling you, do not pick it up. If you do pick up the call be sure to remain tight lipped as the con caller may be recording the call, and saying nothing usually results in the caller hanging up. 5. Shelter your heart. Tip: Verify the person you are speaking with on a dating app is real. Search online to confirm claims of location, employment, and photos. One surprising thing Abagnale notes in his book is the uselessness of passwords. He says passwords were originally created to secure individual time spent on computers used multiple people, not to protect personal information or security needs. “Passwords are for tree-houses ... If you look at ransomware breaches, malware, [breaches] all come from passwords. So I’ve been a big advocator of eliminating passwords” Abagnale said. “I think you’re starting to see more and more companies, retailers, merchants, eliminating the need for passwords. So in the next two or three years, I don’t think we’ll be using passwords”. Abagnale said scamming and are “4,000 times easier than when I did it 50 years ago because I didn’t have all the technology exists today, the forms of communication exist today.” When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. |
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Thanks for sharing! When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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9/3/2019 7:19 pm |
Thanks for sharing!
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I used to get a lot of 'cold calls' on my landline phone but I have a 'blocker' in place now.  When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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Thanks for sharing these wise tips! When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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Thanks for the heads up ! Cheers - P When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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Thanks Joy When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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Great info, thanks for sharing this. When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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What a great HOW TO PREVENT IDENTIFY THEFT, my hubby was a victim of that, now I have all these things in place so it doesn't happen again. I hope your enjoying your long Holiday weekend. And thank you everyone should be reading this blog so I am going to PIMP IT OUT!!! When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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When answering the phone, be sure you know who you are talking to, and NEVER say "yes" , it has been know to happen that you are asked a simple question and you automatically say "yes"...it can be recorded, taken out of context and applied and used as an agreement to purchase items. Never say "YES" Until you know who you are talking to, don't say much of anything. If they say bank, tell then you have the number and will call. If they say the power or water company, just tell them you will call the number on the bill, NEVER return a call, never call back with a number that was just given to you, Take he time and confirm that the party you are calling back, is really that party.. It is so much easier to steal ones identity than try to prove that you are who you are, so guard it..Easy to guard, hard to recover from theft!!! When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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I used to get a lot of 'cold calls' on my landline phone but I have a 'blocker' in place now.
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9/2/2019 2:32 pm |
Thanks for sharing these wise tips! Become an Apollorising58 watcher!
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Thanks for the heads up ! Cheers - P
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Great info, thanks for sharing this.
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What a great HOW TO PREVENT IDENTIFY THEFT, my hubby was a victim of that, now I have all these things in place so it doesn't happen again. I hope your enjoying your long Holiday weekend. And thank you everyone should be reading this blog so I am going to PIMP IT OUT!!! Seduce the mind and see what a wonderful adventure the body will take you on.. 
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When answering the phone, be sure you know who you are talking to, and NEVER say "yes" , it has been know to happen that you are asked a simple question and you automatically say "yes"...it can be recorded, taken out of context and applied and used as an agreement to purchase items. Never say "YES" Until you know who you are talking to, don't say much of anything. If they say bank, tell then you have the number and will call. If they say the power or water company, just tell them you will call the number on the bill, NEVER return a call, never call back with a number that was just given to you, Take he time and confirm that the party you are calling back, is really that party.. It is so much easier to steal ones identity than try to prove that you are who you are, so guard it..Easy to guard, hard to recover from theft!!! Stop by at lonlyforlove2 also see Lunch with Lonly , we get snow tomorrow Check my blog on New Community, "A photo of my big Pecker" also, " My Sunday afternoon with the kids'
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I would never give this site or any other social media my real DOB or my personal data. I dont even have to do that at my bank FGS. This place even wants you to upload a copy of your DI or passport!! Ballsy considering how many times they have been hacked. As for the phone: I have a landline and my physicians office as well as the bank have different offices and phone numbers so it is impossible to figure out who the caller is lots of times. I have begun to say" good afternoon" and stop talking and wait to see what happens next. And Dumpling- NEVER use the same password or a version of it. I have a different one for every place I go. In an alphabetical address book. RRR Thanks for this great post When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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never tell anybody . . . your date of birth  Ah-h-h-h-h . . . . that explains all the youthful looking 69 year olds on this site. When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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That's scary! Most things you fill out ask for a DOB and location. When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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Hey there. Yeah lots of different scams out there so be careful of whet you click on. I would love to click on those lips When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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I would never give this site or any other social media my real DOB or my personal data. I dont even have to do that at my bank FGS. This place even wants you to upload a copy of your DI or passport!! Ballsy considering how many times they have been hacked. As for the phone: I have a landline and my physicians office as well as the bank have different offices and phone numbers so it is impossible to figure out who the caller is lots of times. I have begun to say" good afternoon" and stop talking and wait to see what happens next. And Dumpling- NEVER use the same password or a version of it. I have a different one for every place I go. In an alphabetical address book. RRR Thanks for this great post (Virtual Symposium Group) use Virtual Symposium Group
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never tell anybody . . . your date of birth Ah-h-h-h-h . . . . that explains all the youthful looking 69 year olds on this site.
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9/1/2019 10:34 am |
That's scary! Most things you fill out ask for a DOB and location.
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9/1/2019 10:32 am |
Ha! I see your stealing the identity of my Joisey friend! I know you! 
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Or, you can post up all your info and get screwed for more than just one night When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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