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    <updated>2012-02-03T22:11:26Z</updated>
    
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    <title>Scam Alert: Email Posing as BBB Laced with Malware</title>
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    <published>2012-02-03T22:03:29Z</published>
    <updated>2012-02-03T22:11:26Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[I've talked about some of my own experiences with others trying to use my identity and my reputation to further their own scams.&nbsp; It's not uncommon that con-artists use the names of government agencies, financial institutions or even familiar consumer...]]></summary>
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        <name>Denise Richardson</name>
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        <![CDATA[I've talked about some of my own experiences with others trying to use my identity and my reputation to further their own scams.&nbsp; It's not uncommon that con-artists use the names of government agencies, financial institutions or even familiar consumer...]]>
       
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<entry>
    <title>Watch Out for Super Bowl Scams</title>
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    <id>tag:www.givemebackmycredit.com,2012://1.989</id>

    <published>2012-01-30T19:31:23Z</published>
    <updated>2012-01-30T19:57:07Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[With the Super Bowl just around the corner, both Giants fans and Patriots fans are looking for some way to enjoy the event and support their teams.&nbsp; Unfortunately, as with most major events there are scammers lying in wait to...]]></summary>
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        <name>Denise Richardson</name>
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        <![CDATA[With the Super Bowl just around the corner, both Giants fans and Patriots fans are looking for some way to enjoy the event and support their teams.&nbsp; Unfortunately, as with most major events there are scammers lying in wait to...]]>
       
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<entry>
    <title>Beware of Phone Scams: 3-Digit Security Code Ruse, Computer Tech Support </title>
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    <id>tag:www.givemebackmycredit.com,2012://1.988</id>

    <published>2012-01-25T21:15:11Z</published>
    <updated>2012-01-26T18:33:08Z</updated>

    <summary>Criminals use the phone to commit many different types of fraud. They often use publicly available data, phone directories or data they obtained in a data breach --so they might know your name and other personal information when they call...</summary>
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        Criminals use the phone to commit many different types of fraud. They often use publicly available data, phone directories or data they obtained in a data breach --so they might know your name and other personal information when they call...
       
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<entry>
    <title>IRS Overwhelmed with Identity Theft</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.givemebackmycredit.com/blog/2012/01/irs-overwhelmed-with-identity-theft.html" />
    <id>tag:www.givemebackmycredit.com,2012://1.987</id>

    <published>2012-01-21T01:50:24Z</published>
    <updated>2012-01-24T01:27:31Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[Now that the New Year is here, it's time to start thinking about W-2's and 1099's to get ready for tax season.&nbsp; Though many people don't start thinking about their taxes until closer to April, the IRS actually begins processing...]]></summary>
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        <![CDATA[Now that the New Year is here, it's time to start thinking about W-2's and 1099's to get ready for tax season.&nbsp; Though many people don't start thinking about their taxes until closer to April, the IRS actually begins processing...]]>
       
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<entry>
    <title>How Stolen Data is Bought &amp; Sold Online</title>
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    <id>tag:www.givemebackmycredit.com,2012://1.986</id>

    <published>2012-01-16T18:07:33Z</published>
    <updated>2012-01-16T18:15:54Z</updated>

    <summary>Have you ever wondered how identity thieves use the Internet to buy and sell your stolen information? When most people think of identity theft they imagine people stealing credit card applications from their trash or stealing their credit card numbers...</summary>
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        <name>Denise Richardson</name>
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        Have you ever wondered how identity thieves use the Internet to buy and sell your stolen information? When most people think of identity theft they imagine people stealing credit card applications from their trash or stealing their credit card numbers...
       
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<entry>
    <title>Got a Plan for Your Unwanted Holiday Gift Cards?</title>
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    <id>tag:www.givemebackmycredit.com,2012://1.985</id>

    <published>2012-01-12T14:58:09Z</published>
    <updated>2012-01-12T15:02:21Z</updated>

    <summary>You might think that the holiday shopping season concludes once the mad dashes for last-minute presents have been run and the carefully wrapped paper has been torn away and discarded, but that&apos;s certainly not true in the modern gift card...</summary>
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        You might think that the holiday shopping season concludes once the mad dashes for last-minute presents have been run and the carefully wrapped paper has been torn away and discarded, but that&apos;s certainly not true in the modern gift card...
       
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<entry>
    <title>FL ID Theft Bust: Part of Massive Identity Fraud Conspiracy</title>
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    <id>tag:www.givemebackmycredit.com,2012://1.984</id>

    <published>2012-01-12T02:50:19Z</published>
    <updated>2012-01-12T15:27:34Z</updated>

    <summary>A major identity theft ring bust thought to be centered in Apopka FL --appears to stretch far beyond the state of Florida ---and the United States. According to law enforcement authorities, the Florida arrests are part of a massive conspiracy...</summary>
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        <name>Denise Richardson</name>
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        A major identity theft ring bust thought to be centered in Apopka FL --appears to stretch far beyond the state of Florida ---and the United States. According to law enforcement authorities, the Florida arrests are part of a massive conspiracy...
       
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<entry>
    <title>Scary Malware Risk: SpyEye Virus Emptying Bank Accounts</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.givemebackmycredit.com/blog/2012/01/scary-malware-risk-spyeye-virus-emptying-bank-accounts.html" />
    <id>tag:www.givemebackmycredit.com,2012://1.983</id>

    <published>2012-01-10T18:17:14Z</published>
    <updated>2012-01-10T18:47:16Z</updated>

    <summary>A sophisticated new computer virus could completely clean out your bank account and you might not notice it for days...or even weeks --depending upon the amount of activity within the account. The virus was identified by Trusteer, a computer security...</summary>
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        <name>Denise Richardson</name>
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        A sophisticated new computer virus could completely clean out your bank account and you might not notice it for days...or even weeks --depending upon the amount of activity within the account. The virus was identified by Trusteer, a computer security...
       
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<entry>
    <title>Sharing Too Much Information Online May Get You Robbed</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.givemebackmycredit.com/blog/2012/01/sharing-too-much-information-online-may-get-you-robbed.html" />
    <id>tag:www.givemebackmycredit.com,2012://1.982</id>

    <published>2012-01-04T17:14:30Z</published>
    <updated>2012-01-04T19:38:58Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[Social media sites are a great place to hang out, share photos, and chat with friends old and new.&nbsp; Unfortunately, they are also the place where many of us list our birthdates, post personal photos, and chat about where and...]]></summary>
    <author>
        <name>Denise Richardson</name>
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        <![CDATA[Social media sites are a great place to hang out, share photos, and chat with friends old and new.&nbsp; Unfortunately, they are also the place where many of us list our birthdates, post personal photos, and chat about where and...]]>
       
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<entry>
    <title>Hannaford Data Breach Ruling Favors Victims</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.givemebackmycredit.com/blog/2012/01/hannaford-data-breach-ruling-favors-victims.html" />
    <id>tag:www.givemebackmycredit.com,2012://1.981</id>

    <published>2012-01-03T16:40:54Z</published>
    <updated>2012-01-03T16:55:17Z</updated>

    <summary>A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of victims of the 2007 Hannaford data breach. Some of you, especially those living in Maine, may remember news breaking of a data breach that reported; malware installed on Hannaford Brothers servers...</summary>
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        <name>Denise Richardson</name>
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        A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of victims of the 2007 Hannaford data breach. Some of you, especially those living in Maine, may remember news breaking of a data breach that reported; malware installed on Hannaford Brothers servers...
       
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<entry>
    <title>New Year&apos;s Resolutions for a Safer, More Secure 2012</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.givemebackmycredit.com/blog/2011/12/new-years-resolutions-for-a-safer-more-secure-2012.html" />
    <id>tag:www.givemebackmycredit.com,2011://1.980</id>

    <published>2011-12-29T17:10:43Z</published>
    <updated>2011-12-29T21:42:40Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[With 2011 winding down, many people are looking back and reflecting on the year that was.&nbsp; Everywhere you look it seems like there's another "Top 10" list and someone is recapping all of the wonderful and terrible things that happened...]]></summary>
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        <name>Denise Richardson</name>
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        <![CDATA[With 2011 winding down, many people are looking back and reflecting on the year that was.&nbsp; Everywhere you look it seems like there's another "Top 10" list and someone is recapping all of the wonderful and terrible things that happened...]]>
       
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<entry>
    <title>Fraudulent Text Messages Target Bank Accounts</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.givemebackmycredit.com/blog/2011/12/fraudulent-text-messages-target-bank-accounts.html" />
    <id>tag:www.givemebackmycredit.com,2011://1.979</id>

    <published>2011-12-27T18:16:30Z</published>
    <updated>2011-12-27T18:38:16Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[As technology continues to be more and more sophisticated, we need to be more and more careful and alert to the latest types of hi-tech scams and techniques used by today's tech savvy criminals.&nbsp; As a number of banks and...]]></summary>
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    <content type="html" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://www.givemebackmycredit.com/">
        <![CDATA[As technology continues to be more and more sophisticated, we need to be more and more careful and alert to the latest types of hi-tech scams and techniques used by today's tech savvy criminals.&nbsp; As a number of banks and...]]>
       
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<entry>
    <title>Identity Theft Risk While Traveling</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.givemebackmycredit.com/blog/2011/12/identity-theft-risk-while-traveling.html" />
    <id>tag:www.givemebackmycredit.com,2011://1.978</id>

    <published>2011-12-22T16:15:21Z</published>
    <updated>2011-12-22T16:17:16Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[This time of year, a lot of people are traveling to visit friends and family over the holidays and to ring in the New Year.&nbsp; Unfortunately, many of these travelers don't realize how much their risk of identity theft increases...]]></summary>
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        <![CDATA[This time of year, a lot of people are traveling to visit friends and family over the holidays and to ring in the New Year.&nbsp; Unfortunately, many of these travelers don't realize how much their risk of identity theft increases...]]>
       
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<entry>
    <title>Does Timeline Breach Facebook FTC Settlement?</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.givemebackmycredit.com/blog/2011/12/does-timeline-breach-facebook-ftc-settlement.html" />
    <id>tag:www.givemebackmycredit.com,2011://1.977</id>

    <published>2011-12-19T19:22:16Z</published>
    <updated>2011-12-20T00:11:28Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[Facebook security and privacy issues have been the focus of a number of my blog posts, since it doesn't take much for an identity thief to gather a wealth of information from an unguarded Facebook account.&nbsp; Even those who have...]]></summary>
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        <![CDATA[Facebook security and privacy issues have been the focus of a number of my blog posts, since it doesn't take much for an identity thief to gather a wealth of information from an unguarded Facebook account.&nbsp; Even those who have...]]>
       
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<entry>
    <title>Don&apos;t Ignore Holiday Identity Theft Warnings</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.givemebackmycredit.com/blog/2011/12/dont-ignore-holiday-identity-theft-warnings.html" />
    <id>tag:www.givemebackmycredit.com,2011://1.976</id>

    <published>2011-12-15T16:39:01Z</published>
    <updated>2012-01-30T20:05:22Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[Try as we might there's no denying that Christmas is right around the corner.&nbsp; Unfortunately, that means that the identity thieves who hope to cash in on all of the holiday spending that goes on this time of year are...]]></summary>
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        <name>Denise Richardson</name>
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        <![CDATA[Try as we might there's no denying that Christmas is right around the corner.&nbsp; Unfortunately, that means that the identity thieves who hope to cash in on all of the holiday spending that goes on this time of year are...]]>
       
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