It's a fear many email users have: Opening a link that promises exclusive celebrity pics and ending up in the middle of a phishing scam. Here's how the CEO of Proofpoint trains employees to look for fraudulent emails that try to steal from you.
div > div.group > p:first-child"> Data breaches and hacks like those at Equifax, the IRS and Yahoo! tend to dominate the conversation — and no wonder. Breaches hit a record high in 2017, with 1,579 reported incidents exposing nearly 179 million records, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center, which helps consumers dealing with identity theft and fraud.
The Center for Identity analysis used data from more than 5,000 identity theft and fraud cases occurring from 2000 through 2016. They were mostly denials of credit, for store cards applied for in her or her husband's name. Then a few actual cards, followed by bills. Big bills. Wang filed a police report and engaged in a brief tug-of-war with the thieves: She got her mail back, only to receive another change-of-address attempt, which she diverted. And, meanwhile, someone attempted to access the family's tax records with the IRS.
Several Amazon packages disappeared, and the thief made off with a prepaid debit card loaded with more than $8,000 worth of short-term disability payments for Woroch's maternity leave, along with a birthday card her father sent containing $200 cash. Then her husband received a TJMaxx store credit card in the mail, which someone else had filled out a preapproved offer for in his name.
Consumers need to push back on businesses to store data properly, he said, and also be cautious about what information they give out. Just because the doctor's office asks for your Social Security number, doesn't mean you are required to provide it.
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