Sunday, March 25, 2012

Social Security Fraud - Sun Mar 25, 2012


Why ID Thieves Love Social Media
Wall Street Journal
By JENNIFER WATERS About 12 million Americans got hit by identity fraud in 2011, a 13% increase from a year earlier, thanks to consumers' growing use of social-media websites and smartphones, plus a sharp jump in security breaches, according to a ...
Rampant fraud demands reform
Tbo.com
Bill Nelson of Florida, who led the hearing, is right to propose increasing the penalties for filing a bogus income tax return using someone else's Social Security number. Such a blatant crime surely deserves five years in prison.
Cheating rarely seen at polls
San Antonio Express
By Gary Scharrer AUSTIN — Allegations of voter fraud fueled the successful push for a controversial voter ID law in Texas last year, making a picture ID necessary to vote despite scant evidence of actual cheating at the polls. Fewer than five “illegal ...
Cyber thieves prey on nation's elderly
SouthCoastToday.com
"We never call and ask for information about bank accounts or credit card information, and we don't ask people for their Social Security number in a blind call," she said. Cases of scam artists calling beneficiaries of government programs have occurred ...


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