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1. Customers alerted to BlueCross data breach

   Explore Article tmcnet.com (Jan 11 2010) Healthcare , Medical Identity Theft , Lastest Data Breaches

   Customers of Chattanooga-based insurer BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee slowly are being notified by mail of a potential breach of their personal information. This week, BCBS will provide updated data to the public on exactly how many customers were exposed when 57 hard drives were pilfered in October from a storage closet at the insurer's... (Read Full Article)
   

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2. ID theft: Victims are often students

   Explore Article tmcnet.com (Aug 27 2009) Higher Ed , ID Theft Prevention

   Comment "Hi LizyLizy12: Part of the solution is for campuses to help create an environment that protects students from data breaches ..." - Derek Beckwith

   College students need to protect their personal information from identity thieves. (Read Full Article)
   

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3. Scam artists keep devising new ways to swindle

   Explore Article tmcnet.com (Jul 6 2009) Consumer

   What would we do without scam artists, those shadowy, often exotic, enterprising rascals who keep us on our toes. We'll never have that problem. A continuing torrent of fraudulent pitches shows that scam artists are here to stay, like lamprey that suck fish and other living creatures dry. (Read Full Article)
   

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4. Proposed Collection; Comment Request for IRS Forms 14039 and 14039-SP

   Explore Article tmcnet.com (May 19 2009) Government , ID Theft Prevention

   Currently, the IRS is soliciting comments concerning Form 14039, Identity Theft Affidavit, and Form 14039-SP, Declaracion Jurada sobre el Robo de Identidad... (Read Full Article)
   

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5. NYPD: Caller ID scam rips off more than $15 million

   Explore Article tmcnet.com (May 15 2009) Consumer , Data Breach , ID Theft Prevention

   The latest technological wrinkle - a card that lets the user change the number that appears on caller ID - helped a sophisticated band of thieves rip off more than 6,000 unsuspecting credit card holders of more than $15 million, authorities said Thursday. (Read Full Article)
   

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6. Theft of government documents and benefit fraud doubled in Madison area

   Explore Article tmcnet.com (Mar 22 2009) Consumer , ID Theft Prevention , Medical Identity Theft

   Complaints of identity theft of government documents and benefits fraud more than doubled from 2007 to 2008 in the Madison area, according to federal data. In Wisconsin, complaints of identity theft in general rose by almost 29 percent. (Read Full Article)
   

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7. Two area banks suffer debit card data breach

   Explore Article tmcnet.com (Mar 17 2009) Consumer , Corporate , Data Breach

   Two area banks have notified their customers of a data breach that may affect their VISA debit cards. (Read Full Article)
   

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