Email is becoming a common way to gain access to your personal identity information. We want to alert you of some of the scams.
The scammers send an email that looks like it comes from a website where they might have personal information or be able to request it, such as AOL, PayPal, Ebay, Western Union, Amazon, Yahoo, a bank, and even the IRS!
You're advised that you need to update your information or risk losing your account (or a refund from the IRS). Sometimes they claim their records were corrupted and they must update them. A phony website that looks very much like the real one will have a form for the unsuspecting person to fill out, requesting personal information such as passwords, your credit card numbers, or other identity information. Do not fill out any information and do not submit it.
Legitimate companies do not request information in this manner.
It's always better to type the website's domain name in your browser rather than clicking an email link sent to you. A few more keystrokes now saves untold damage and headaches later.
A new scam hit the papers just today. Scammers are calling the telephone numbers listed in classified ads and telling the person who answers the newspaper's computer crashed, and they need to get their credit card used for payment for the ad. It's pretty obvious what they intend to do with this information.
Be careful! Take a look at my website for details on how to protect yourself from Identity Theft.
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