Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Hot Scams For '09


"Every year the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) shares its thoughts for the upcoming year. The following items are ITRC's predictions for 2009:

  • Real Estate-based scams
  • Credit Card scams
  • Job scams
  • Professional thieves and targeted attacks
  • Check Fraud
  • Breaches

"The ITRC projects an increase in the training of law enforcement regarding identity theft, from local to federal levels. Federal law enforcement will be even more aggressive in their actions against international syndicates especially in cybercrimes and international job scam operations. "

Full article at MarketWatch...

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