Category: Security Alert

  • URGENT: go sign this petition to protect your privacy now

    There is an online petition to expand the privacy protections of ECPA. This was a bill designed to protect your privacy but it was signed in 1986. Since then a lot has changed and, as I keep telling you, the IRA, FBI, numerous other Federal authorities and corrupt businesses are using loopholes to exploit your personal information…

  • [Alert] China is targeting us

      Here’s a roundup of all the privacy and security issues that popped up this week:   Do you live in one of the top 10 states for ID theft, the list will probably surprise you: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/top-10-states-for-identity-theft-2013-05-07 Child identity theft, as I have been telling you, is on the rise: http://www.freep.com/article/20130507/FEATURES01/305070075/Abuse-of-children-s-identities-on-the-increase  (btw, you protect your kids’ identities…

  • Simple little things

      You know we talk a lot about disasters and being prepared.  Some of them would affect people on the coastlines, others in major urban centers.  But the reality is that there is just ONE disaster that would affect everyone, no matter where you live or what your income is.   A food crisis.  …

  • [Alert] new credit card scam OPEN NOW

    Verified with Snopes:http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/creditcard.asp This is a heads up for everyone regarding the latest in Visa fraud. Royal Bank received this communication about the newest scam. This is happening in the Midwest right now and moving. This one is pretty slick, since they provide YOU with all the information, except the one piece they want. Note,…

  • Internet Soldier Love Scam Costs Woman $750,000

    Chris Peterson here with your Patriot Privacy Alerts for the week, there are some doozies.  There are so many I am going to list them here: ·      Hard to believe someone would exploit our soldier’s good name to perpetrate a scam, but that’s  exactly what someone is doing in Oregon and it cost one woman $750,000! http://portlandtribune.com/go/42-news/136029-beware-of-internet-soldier-love-scam ·     …

  • From the Police Blotter

    I was browsing the web the other day and ran across this police blotter: http://elmhurst.patch.com/articles/multiple-cases-of-id-theft-college-account-cleaned-out-and-then-some   This is a small town in Illinois, and in ONE DAY they had three cases of Identity Theft and Fraud.  Someone emptied a college student’s checking account, somebody bought a car with someone else’s name, and finally someone experienced…

  • The 13 Words that Will Get Your Email Flagged

    This is a list of words that supposedly cause the NSA to flag you as a potential terrorist if you over-use them in an email. We found this on Reddit, where James Bamford, a veteran reporter with 30 years experience covering the NSA, is answering questions from the community. He just wrote a big profile for…