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- FTC identifies top fraud complaints.(WASHINGTON)(Brief article)
- The Federal Trade Commission FTC released its list of top consumer fraud complaints. In 2007, of the 813,899 total complaints received, 32% were related to identity theft. Credit card fraud was the most common form of identity theft (23%), followed The Federal Trade Commission FTC released...
- Research articles 2008-02-18
- UK Market Ripe For Fraud: Unisys Research Reveals Consumer Complacency and Poor Security Education Breed Ideal Conditions for Identity Theft and Fraud
- LONDON -- Unisys Corporation (NYSE:UIS):
- Research articles 2005-08-03
- More criminals exploit unsolicited e-mail for fraud and identity theft. (E-mail).(McAfee.com releases online site about Internet fraud)(Brief Article)
- Criminals are increasingly using unsolicited e-mail spam to commit Internet fraud and identity theft, according to McAfee.com. Criminals are increasingly using unsolicited e-mail spam to commit Internet fraud and identity theft, according to McAfee.com.
- Research articles 2002-10-01
- On-Line Fraud Fight: How It Has Evolved
- The Federal Trade Commission says 27.3 million Americans have been victims of identity theft in the last five years, including 9.9 million people in the last year alone, costing companies $48 billion and consumers $5 billion. Gartner Inc. warns that 18 pe The Federal Trade Commission says 27.3 million Americans...
- Research articles 2003-10-03
- Identity Theft: ITAC's Next Move: Beyond The Banks?
- She didn't get balloons and a light show, but "Mrs. W" still earned a prize as a landmark patron of the Identity Theft Assistance Center. She won her name back. Two housecleaners had pilfered her wallet and in less than two months had opened up a fraudule She didn't get...
- Research articles 2006-05-01
- ChoicePoint Fraud Highlights Need for Stronger ID Theft Safeguards; 11 States Consider Security Freeze Right for Consumers
- SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 17 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Recent reports that a fraud ring has stolen the personal and financial information of an estimated 100,000 consumers from computer databases maintained by ChoicePoint, Inc., has underscored the need for tougher saSAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 17 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Recent reports that a fraud...
- Research articles 2005-02-17
- State Motor Vehicle Agencies Enforce 'One Driver, One License' Rules with Latest Release of Digimarc Biometric Identification Solution; Digimarc Delivers Powerful New Tools to Stop Identity Theft and Fraud and Related Crimes
- BEAVERTON, Ore. -- Digimarc Corporation (NASDAQ:DMRC) today announced the availability of version 2.0 of the powerful and proven Digimarc Biometric Identification solution. Drawing on successful deployment in states such as Alabama, Colorado, and Kansas, where Digimarc Biometric Identification stops thousands of attempts at driver license fraud and identity theft each...
- Research articles 2006-08-28
- Credits Fraud Regulations
- Unfortunately, credit fraud is an increasingly serious problem, having grown almost threefold in frequency in the last five years. Under the most common scam, called identity theft, the criminal opens a credit card or other account with another person's name and social security number or other uniquely identifying information. The...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Identity Theft: A Pernicious and Costly Fraud
- This paper follows with a broad study of identity theft, at times compared with traditional payment fraud, and continues with an evaluation of its overall risk to consumers, merchants, and credit providers. The paper compares the incentives each such party has to address identity theft in concert with current market...
- White papers 2003-12-01
- Protecting You And Your Business From Fraud: Online And Offline
- Fraud is a serious threat to all businesses and has increasingly become a reality for many. The damage to your business can potentially take years to repair. Studies show that banking and paying bills online may help decrease the risk of fraud and identity theft. Never give out your account...
- White papers 2009-01-01
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- The U.S. Federal Trade Commission reported that in 2004 Americans lost over $547 million to consumer fraud and identity theft schemes, up more than $100 million from the previous year
- The U.S. Federal Trade Commission reported that in 2004 Americans lost over $547 million to consumer fraud and identity theft schemes, up more than $100 million from the previous year. Of the more than 635,000 consumer fraud complaints filed, 61% were for fraud and 39% were for identity theft. The...
- Research articles 2005-04-01
- Nuance Speaker Verification Delivers Biometric Security without Expensive Equipment or Special Hardware; Nuance Communications Combats Fraud and Identity Theft with Biometric Security Options for Telephone Self-Service Applications
- BURLINGTON, Mass. -- Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN), the world's leading supplier of speech and imaging solutions, is helping contact centers battle the threat of fraud and identity theft by delivering biometric security options for self-service telephone applications. Speaker verification solutions from Nuance automatically confirm a customer's identity using the...
- Research articles 2006-08-03
- AccuTech Systems Finds Arcot Systems' RiskFort a Bulwark Against Online Fraud and Identity Theft
- AccuTech Systems Corp., a leading provider of comprehensive trust and investment management accounting software, has found RiskFort, the risk-based authentication solution from Arcot Systems, to be an effective tool in protecting its clients against online fraud and identity theft. AccuTech's clients include trust departments of leading banks, independent trust companies,...
- Research articles 2007-11-28
- Concerns about fraud and identity theft intensified in May when, in possibly the largest breach of banking security in U.S. history, several bank employees were charged with stealing the account information of more than 500,000 customers of various banks
- Concerns about fraud and identity theft intensified in May when, in possibly the largest breach of banking security in U.S. history, several bank employees were charged with stealing the account information of more than 500,000 customers of various banks including Commerce Bank, PNC Bank, Wachovia and Bank of America. Meanwhile,...
- Research articles 2005-07-01
- Alliance & Leicester Selects PassMark to Protect Online Banking Customers From Fraud and Identity Theft
- Alliance & Leicester, one of the United Kingdom's major financial institutions, will now provide a greater level of security and protection against fraud and identity theft for its nearly five million customers using the Two-Factor Two-Way AuthenticationTM system from PassMark Security. With PassMark, online customers will log on to...
- Research articles 2006-03-15
- M&T Bank Deploys Online Fraud Management Protection From Symantec; Symantec Online Fraud Management Solution Helps Protect Customers, Thwarts Brand Spoofing, Phishing and Identity Theft.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-28 April 2005-SYMANTEC: M&T Bank Deploys Online Fraud Management Protection From Symantec; Symantec Online Fraud Management Solution Helps Protect Customers, Thwarts Brand Spoofing, Phishing and Identity TheftC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:27042005 CUPERTINO, Calif. - Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC), the global...
- Research articles 2005-04-28
- 11 charged in connection with hacking, identity theft
- Eleven people, including a U.S. Secret Service informant, have been charged in connection with the hacking of nine major retailers and the theft and sale of more than 41 million credit and debit card numbers, the Justice Department announced Tuesday. The data breach is believed to be the...
- Research articles 2008-08-06
- CashEdge Selects Covelight Systems to Enhance OpenNow™ / FundNow™; Covelight Percept™ Adds Additional Layer of Identity Theft and Fraud Detection to Online Account Opening and Funding Applications
- CARY, N.C. -- Covelight Systems, an innovator of solutions for real-time identity-based monitoring of Web applications to detect fraud and identity theft, today announced that CashEdge, the leading provider of online financial applications, has chosen Covelight Percept to augment its risk management solution for its online account opening and funding...
- Research articles 2006-05-01
- Cyveillance Reports Leading Identity Theft Threats Increase Between 50 to 200 Percent in First Two Months of 2007
- Cyveillance Online Financial Fraud and Identity Theft 2007 Report Highlights Latest Threats and Most Widely Targeted Industries
- Research articles 2007-03-27
- Global Hauri Secures Banco de Credito e Inversiones of Chile (BCI) to Prevent Identity Theft
- Global Hauri, leader of real-time virus eradication and publisher of ViRobot antivirus software, today announced that it has been awarded an exclusive contract by the Banco de Credito e Inversiones of Chile BCI to provide data security for all financial data using Global Hauri's unique LiveCall Suite, a security tool...
- Research articles 2004-11-03
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