Comments on: How to Prevent Identity Theft and E-mail Scams http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2009/04/08/how-to-protect-yourself-from-identity-theft-and-e-mail-scams-gpt/ personal finance tips, tricks, and commentary Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:22:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Laura http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2009/04/08/how-to-protect-yourself-from-identity-theft-and-e-mail-scams-gpt/comment-page-1/#comment-130759 Laura Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:29:00 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/?p=3274#comment-130759 Everyone, Thanks for sharing all the extra tips. I hope everyone has a great and safe weekend. Everyone,

Thanks for sharing all the extra tips. I hope everyone has a great and safe weekend.

]]> By: RAJEEV KUMAR SINGH http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2009/04/08/how-to-protect-yourself-from-identity-theft-and-e-mail-scams-gpt/comment-page-1/#comment-130740 RAJEEV KUMAR SINGH Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:30:04 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/?p=3274#comment-130740 Great article... Really nice to see that you have covered all this in detail.. I think one needs to be specially careful about scams on net these days.. we must also be careful of hackers on the loose trying to hack your credit card details while you try to transact on net. So be careful next time you buy something from ebay or amazon or while booking airticket for yourself.. You may use 2 card policy to minimise the risk. Great article… Really nice to see that you have covered all this in detail.. I think one needs to be specially careful about scams on net these days.. we must also be careful of hackers on the loose trying to hack your credit card details while you try to transact on net. So be careful next time you buy something from ebay or amazon or while booking airticket for yourself.. You may use 2 card policy to minimise the risk.

]]> By: Chris http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2009/04/08/how-to-protect-yourself-from-identity-theft-and-e-mail-scams-gpt/comment-page-1/#comment-130725 Chris Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:51:39 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/?p=3274#comment-130725 Tip: Setup unused credit card/bank accounts for automatic notification of any charges. Its free and you can catch fraud as it happens. Tip: Setup unused credit card/bank accounts for automatic notification of any charges. Its free and you can catch fraud as it happens.

]]> By: craig http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2009/04/08/how-to-protect-yourself-from-identity-theft-and-e-mail-scams-gpt/comment-page-1/#comment-130721 craig Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:56:24 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/?p=3274#comment-130721 Don't even read the email scams. If you look at it and delete it right away, you are not allowing your brain to even consider making a decision based off of it. Don’t even read the email scams. If you look at it and delete it right away, you are not allowing your brain to even consider making a decision based off of it.

]]> By: Kyle O'Connor http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2009/04/08/how-to-protect-yourself-from-identity-theft-and-e-mail-scams-gpt/comment-page-1/#comment-130712 Kyle O'Connor Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:26:05 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/?p=3274#comment-130712 Another one to look out for are the weight loss and government grant schemes, where they advertise a $5 trial, but in the small print you're actually getting billed $80 per month with no way to cancel. Starting to see a lot of those in emails. Another one to look out for are the weight loss and government grant schemes, where they advertise a $5 trial, but in the small print you’re actually getting billed $80 per month with no way to cancel. Starting to see a lot of those in emails.

]]> By: Laura http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2009/04/08/how-to-protect-yourself-from-identity-theft-and-e-mail-scams-gpt/comment-page-1/#comment-130695 Laura Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:02:19 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/?p=3274#comment-130695 @Baker Thanks for the feedback.We all need reminders since new scams come up. @DDFD: I appreciate the support! I hope you're doing well. @wally: Great point on being your own advocate. I'm sorry you had to go through the hassle. That's sad the credit card company never called you. @Baker Thanks for the feedback.We all need reminders since new scams come up.

@DDFD: I appreciate the support! I hope you’re doing well.

@wally: Great point on being your own advocate. I’m sorry you had to go through the hassle. That’s sad the credit card company never called you.

]]> By: wally http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2009/04/08/how-to-protect-yourself-from-identity-theft-and-e-mail-scams-gpt/comment-page-1/#comment-130685 wally Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:56:36 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/?p=3274#comment-130685 As someone who follow all of this advice and does not use any ATM other than the one at my local bank branch but still got skimmed at that ATM, my other advice is to constantly check all your accounts. If I didn't check my bank account (also credit card) at least every other day I wouldn't have caught this until after many other checks/direct pays bounced and then I would have been in huge trouble. Thankfully I caught it (so did the bank's credit card company, but I contacted them, they never contacted me) and made sure I went to the bank right away and got everything squared away. As careful as you can be, crooks are still crooks and you have to be your own best advocate. As someone who follow all of this advice and does not use any ATM other than the one at my local bank branch but still got skimmed at that ATM, my other advice is to constantly check all your accounts. If I didn’t check my bank account (also credit card) at least every other day I wouldn’t have caught this until after many other checks/direct pays bounced and then I would have been in huge trouble. Thankfully I caught it (so did the bank’s credit card company, but I contacted them, they never contacted me) and made sure I went to the bank right away and got everything squared away. As careful as you can be, crooks are still crooks and you have to be your own best advocate.

]]> By: DDFD at DivorcedDadFrugalDad http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2009/04/08/how-to-protect-yourself-from-identity-theft-and-e-mail-scams-gpt/comment-page-1/#comment-130679 DDFD at DivorcedDadFrugalDad Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:59:14 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/?p=3274#comment-130679 Great, great post! I will be including it in my weekly Noteworthy Blogs Posts at the end of the week. People need to be guarded all the time-- there are so many pitfalls and scams out there . . . Great, great post! I will be including it in my weekly Noteworthy Blogs Posts at the end of the week.

People need to be guarded all the time– there are so many pitfalls and scams out there . . .

]]> By: Baker @ ManVsDebt http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2009/04/08/how-to-protect-yourself-from-identity-theft-and-e-mail-scams-gpt/comment-page-1/#comment-130678 Baker @ ManVsDebt Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:57:18 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/?p=3274#comment-130678 Laura, Interesting post! You bring up some great points that I blatantly forgot. I especially enjoyed how you went into detail on the specific types of e-mail fraud. It is so important that people are exposed to this before they encounter the actual fraud in their inbox. Keep up the great work! Laura,

Interesting post!

You bring up some great points that I blatantly forgot. I especially enjoyed how you went into detail on the specific types of e-mail fraud. It is so important that people are exposed to this before they encounter the actual fraud in their inbox.

Keep up the great work!

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