One person also asked "Why are you reviewing the Lifelock scam on a good web site like yours?"

Here's the thing I encourage you to do. This interview is here so that you can make up your own mind about whether or not Lifelock a scam, and how much of it is promotional hype vs. actual product.

Personally, I think the service is pretty good. (I now have it myself). But I transcribed the audio Interview , because some people asked if they could read the interview with Lifelock, rather than just listen to it.

- - - - - - - Identity Theft Presentation in Colorado Springs

On December 9, I presented at the Colorado Springs Auditorium for a group of independent business people who all market the services offered by a particular company.

I actually "stole" someone's Identity from the front of the room.

To watch the video of the event, simply click play below.

- - - - - - - Identity Theft Prevention Feature of Internet Explorer 7

One of the nice features of Internet Explorer Seven is that it has a phishing alert build right into the software. What this means is that when you're using Internet Explorer 7, if someone has reported a site as a phishing site, that you can know about it as you're visiting the site. It's a nice security and social networking feature built right into the browser, and is a great deterrent, although not foolproof, way to let people help each other provide some sense of security about surfing the Internet.

Watch the video below to see an example of Internet Explorer 7's Phishing site alert in action.

- - - - - - - The Social Security Administration on An Unsuspecting Public

Does the Social Security Administration care about Identity Theft? Yes, they do.

Was their PR, in this case, doing a very poor job of explaining that the Social Secuirty Administration actually does care about Identity Theft and phishing?

Watch below. You be the judge.

- - - - - - - Third CardersMarket Video

In this video, we show CardersMarket.com and how they help new Carders (beginners) get started into the Market of buying and selling other people's information.

As we talked about yesterday, CardersMarket.com states that they're just allowing a place for illegal activitiy to be discussed, and not really participating in any illegal activity themselves.

They are, however, also teaching beginners on how to get involved in the scene.

- - - - - - - Second video discussing CardersMarket.com

In this video, we highlight CardersMarket's position. CardersMarket.com states that they're just allowing a place for illegal activitiy to be discussed, and not really participating in any illegal activity themselves.

Carder's Market points out that it isn't a crime to discuss illegal activity (at least not in the United States and many other free-thinking countries). When that discussion turns into action is when there is a crime which actually occurs.

It's a super-gray line that is being walked here, and not one which I'm a fan of.

However, watch the video below and make your own determination of what's actually going on at www.cardersmarket.com.

- - - - - - - CardersMarket A Site for Illegal Activity

Want to take a look inside the CardersMarket.com forum? Take a look at the video below.

CardersMarket.com is a web site where people's information is being bought and sold as a commodity.

The transactions aren't actually taking place on the forum itself, but the discussions and interactions are, nonetheless, taking place on this message board.

- - - - - - - Southern California Students Lose Information to Identity Theft

The daily Trojan, which is the Student Newspaper for the University of Southern California, today is reporting that the Los Angeles Police Department is investigating 16 USC Identity Theft crimes.

What’s interesting is that between August 4th and September 5th, someone used student, faculty, and staff account, to make unauthorized ATM Withdrawls, purchase things fraudulently on the Internet, and open unauthorized credit card accounts. Peter Tom, the vice president of member services for the USC Credit Union, says that he didn’t know about the LAPD investigation, and doesn’t really know why this could be taking place.

- - - - - - - The Path of Identity Theft and What People Don't Understand

What people don't understand about identity theft is that once your information is stolen, it's gone forever. You can never be sure that your information, taken through a phishing site, data breaches, or other types of scams, will ever be secure again. Why?

There is a reseller network. This is a network of people who are buying and selling information, and through a series of resellers, your information gets sold to the highest bidder. This thief is usually not the person who actually got a hold of your information in the first place, but they are the person who will cause the most damage to your name.

- - - - - - - New PayPal Spoof email

Check out this new PayPal Spoof video.

One of the interesting things about this email "from PayPal" is that they are actually trying to show you an email that offers you things such as "Identity Protection Highlights" and "Ways to Spot phishing emails" even though this is a phishing email itself.

Check out the newest PayPal Phishing email here.

- - - - - - - More Sophisticated PayPal Phishing

Yes, the phishers are still getting better.

- - - - - - - Scandinavian Carding Stealing you

At ScandinavianCarding, your information may already be up for grabs!

Carders and identity thieves want your information for their Identity Theft. ScandinavianCarding.com

Want to see who's stealing you?

- - - - - - - Identity Theft and Koreans

Some Americans are a little behind the times.

Today, I called a few local mortgage brokers, in order to offer them free lunch for coming to an informational session on Identity Theft. Bear in mind that I am offering to pay for their lunch at a VERY good Italian restuarant.

Most of them aren't interested in coming to FREE lunch.

Isn't that weird?

- - - - - - - More ebay Phishing - check out the tips!

Ebay Phishing!

Hello Identity Theft Secrets Super Sleuths! Here's another ebay phishing email that you mgiht find helpful!

http://www.identitytheftsecrets.com/videos/ebay-phishing-tips-1-24-06/ebay-phishing-tips-1-24-06.html

- - - - - - - ID Theft Question I received

From time to time, I will post questions I receive regarding Identity THeft, inside of this space.

Here's one I received recently:

- - - - - - - New Super Sleuths Video

Greetings to all the SuperSleuths!

In case you haven't seen it yet, I posted a new video today over at http://www.identitytheftsecrets.com/videos/paypal-phishing-1-16-06.html

It's a new take on the same old PayPal Phishing Scam.

Thought you might find it interesting!

- - - - - - - You have added an address to your PayPal account

- PayPal Phishing still alive and well -

You have added an address to your PayPal account.

But you better not confirm it

- - - - - - - eBay PowerSellers phishing

Become an eBay PowerSeller!

Except that if you do, you become a victim of an eBay phishing site.

Check out how this eBay phishing site actually looks like an eBay page!

- - - - - - - Mazafaka - no kidding.

So Mazafaka.cc was a site that was set up to sell people's personal information to crooks for purposes of fraud and Identity Theft.

This site is now down, but hundreds of sites like it have sprung up.

Want to see your Credit Card Numbers posted online?

- - - - - - - Zabasearch anyone's personal information

Ever heard of Zabasearch? They definitely know you. Zaba Search anyone's personal information.

Identity Theft Much? Scary stuff.

- - - - - - - Mastercard loses 40 million names and credit card numbers

"For everything else... there's Mastercard..."

MasterCard Identity Theft

- - - - - - - Real World Examples of Identity Theft

Check out some ways Identity Theft happens that don't have anything to do with the Internet.

Real World Examples of Identity Theft

- - - - - - - Online Scam - Phishing HSBC Style

A phishing site designed to damage HSBC Credibility

Damaging HSBC with Phishing

- - - - - - - Phishing Wells Fargo Style

A Phishing Site built to damage Wells Fargo's credibility.

Phishing - Wells Fargo Example

- - - - - - - Phishing - Washington Mutual Style

Want to see an example of a Phishing Site? This one was built to damage Washington Mutual's credibility.

Phishing-Washington Mutual Example

- - - - - - - Phishing Site - Sun Trust Bank Style

Want to see an example of a Phishing Site? This one was built to damage Sun Trust Bank's credibility.

Phishing "Sun Trust Bank Style"

- - - - - - - I sent myself an Identity Theft email with a virus

The Identity Theft Email/Virus email, I "Sent" to myself

Identity theft email I sent to myself

- - - - - - - Terrorists using Phishing Sites

Examples of terrorists using Phishing to fund their operations

Terrorist Phishing site

- - - - - - - Original PayPal Scams - Anyone want to go Phishing?

PayPal Scam and Phishing. Want to go Phishing via PayPal?

Original PayPal Phishing Site

- - - - - - - Original Ebay Scam and phishing attempt

Here's the original eBay scam/phishing attempt.

The original eBay phishing scam