Scary stuff! One third of credit and debit cards are now "enhanced" with radio frequency identification (RFID). While this new technology boasts convenience, it is putting cardholders at serious risk for fraud. You'll be surprised how easy it is for someone to steal and USE your account information. Watch this video to see how to protect yourself from electronic pickpocketing.
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Family Investment Center welcomes FBI for presentation
By Dan Danford
Family Investment Center
We're happy to welcome the FBI to St. Joseph this week. Jim Asher of the Kansas City Federal Bureau of Investigation to present on the topic of identity theft on Thursday, May 20th. The event will be held at the East Hills Public Library in the basement auditorium. Refreshments will be served at 6:30 p.m. and the presentation will begin at 7:00 p.m.
Agent Asher will cover the following topics:
What is identity theft?
Methods thieves use to steal personal information
Actions criminals take after stealing an identity
How at avoid becoming a victim of identity theft
Actions to take if a victim of identity theft
This event is free and open to the public.
For more information, call Family Investment Center at (816) 233-4100. We'd love to have you join us!
Family Investment Center
We're happy to welcome the FBI to St. Joseph this week. Jim Asher of the Kansas City Federal Bureau of Investigation to present on the topic of identity theft on Thursday, May 20th. The event will be held at the East Hills Public Library in the basement auditorium. Refreshments will be served at 6:30 p.m. and the presentation will begin at 7:00 p.m.
Agent Asher will cover the following topics:
What is identity theft?
Methods thieves use to steal personal information
Actions criminals take after stealing an identity
How at avoid becoming a victim of identity theft
Actions to take if a victim of identity theft
This event is free and open to the public.
For more information, call Family Investment Center at (816) 233-4100. We'd love to have you join us!
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Preventing debit card fraud
We should all be aware by now how easy it is for people to get our credit card numbers and run up huge purchases on the cards without our knowledge or consent. But when it's a debit card, it's all the more scary. There are some safeguards you can put into place to keep this from happening, or to simply be alerted when it does happen so you can stop it early.
Investopedia has a great article with some simple tips today on preventing debit card fraud. Read up here:
http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/109185/debit-card-fraud-is-your-money-at-risk
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