- Terrorism and Identity Theft
- Who Are Identity Thieves?
- What Do Identity Thieves Do?
- College Students and Identity Theft
- Malware and Macs
- Dumpster Diving
- You Are Only As Safe As the Places That Have Your Information
- They Should Know Better
- Hackers
- Identity Theft Risk in Old Gaming Consoles
- The Drug Connection
- Phishing
- Federal Express Phishing Scam
- Newegg Phishing Scam
- Former Good Advice
- More Good Advice to Avoid Becoming a Victim of Phishing
- The Dangers of Aquaman
- Iron Man 3
- Nude Photos of Carla Bruni
- Debit Card Phishing Scam
- Another Debit Card Phishing Scam
- Phishing with a Large Net
- Phishing Around the World
- Spearphishing
- How Do You Know That You Have Become a Victim of Phishing?
- Reloading
- Identity Theft Through Internet Phone Calls
- What Do Kim Kardashian and Michelle Obama Have in Common?
- USB Sticks and Identity Theft
- Internet of Things
- What You Can Do to Prevent Identity Theft
Debit Card Phishing Scam
Customers of St. Anne’s Credit Union, BankFive, Bristol County Savings Bank, Mechanics Cooperative Bank, Taunton Federal Credit Union, and Bridgewater Savings Bank in Massachusetts received telephone calls purportedly from their banks in which the caller told the person answering the call that the caller worked for his or her bank, that there was a security breach of the customer’s bank account, and that the account had been frozen for security purposes. The customer was then told that in order to resolve the situation and make the account available to the customer again, the customer had to confirm his debit card number and PIN (personal identification number). Of course, the calls were not coming from the customers’ banks. They were coming from identity thieves seeking this information in order to access the accounts of the people receiving the calls. In truth, not only were the calls not coming from the banks, but many of them came from identity thieves who were not even located in the United States.