There is an associate of mine who spent over 30 years working in the UK for New Scotland Yard in the Major Fraud unit.
He recently put together a website where you can check to see if any info about you has wound up in the hands of criminals.
The database is absolutely secure, and contains millions of entries for stolen credit card, bank account info, as well as names addresses, phone numbers, etc.
Here is the blurb on the front page of the site:
ARE YOUR PERSONAL DETAILS IN CRIMINAL HANDS?
Every day the personal details of millions of potential victims of Identity Theft are bought and sold by criminal gangs on the internet. The Lucid Intelligence database contains the details of in excess of forty million people worldwide who have had their personal information compromised by criminals in this way.
Lucid Intelligence Ltd is the ONLY company that actively identifies such criminal activity and makes it available to the public by way of a FREE search. Whilst we cannot repatriate your data we can tell you what information the criminals have exchanged about you and demonstrate how you can protect yourself against Identity Theft.
What you do is go to the site and do searches against your personal info. You can do a search for your name only, your phone number only, etc., etc. and it will let you know if any of your personal info has been compromised.
Lastly, we all know people who are not very savvy about computers or the interweb. They can send and receive emails, turn on and off the computer, and that is about it. They may not be aware that they can lose everything they own just from playing on the internet.
So pass this link on to them ESPECIALLY, as they are the most likely to be in danger of having their ID stolen and used for criminal purposes. Or just do some searches yourself using names of family members or friends.
I personally have spoken with many victims of identity theft and internet fraud. It is a serious problem, and hundreds of millions of dollars are lost each year to internet scammers and criminals.
Check it out.
He recently put together a website where you can check to see if any info about you has wound up in the hands of criminals.
The database is absolutely secure, and contains millions of entries for stolen credit card, bank account info, as well as names addresses, phone numbers, etc.
Here is the blurb on the front page of the site:
ARE YOUR PERSONAL DETAILS IN CRIMINAL HANDS?
Every day the personal details of millions of potential victims of Identity Theft are bought and sold by criminal gangs on the internet. The Lucid Intelligence database contains the details of in excess of forty million people worldwide who have had their personal information compromised by criminals in this way.
Lucid Intelligence Ltd is the ONLY company that actively identifies such criminal activity and makes it available to the public by way of a FREE search. Whilst we cannot repatriate your data we can tell you what information the criminals have exchanged about you and demonstrate how you can protect yourself against Identity Theft.
What you do is go to the site and do searches against your personal info. You can do a search for your name only, your phone number only, etc., etc. and it will let you know if any of your personal info has been compromised.
Lastly, we all know people who are not very savvy about computers or the interweb. They can send and receive emails, turn on and off the computer, and that is about it. They may not be aware that they can lose everything they own just from playing on the internet.
So pass this link on to them ESPECIALLY, as they are the most likely to be in danger of having their ID stolen and used for criminal purposes. Or just do some searches yourself using names of family members or friends.
I personally have spoken with many victims of identity theft and internet fraud. It is a serious problem, and hundreds of millions of dollars are lost each year to internet scammers and criminals.
Check it out.
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