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LifeLock helps people everyday, but it’s not everyday you get a real life example of someone, in the news, who has LifeLock and uses it to protect themselves from Identity theft. Usually you hear about this person or that person becoming a victim of identity theft but never the person who fights back. This is a great story that shows the effectiveness of LifeLock for one Woman in Tulsa OK.

A woman in Tulsa OK, first became aware of her identity theft when LifeLock sent her an alert that she had filled out two cell phone applications one for AT&T and another for Verizon. She was able to use LifeLock to cancel those applications, and She thought she had taken care of it but she was wrong.

A short while later she came home in the middle of the day to find a note on her door which had instructions to the delivery man to leave the packages at the door. She realized that the identity thieves had been to her house and were waiting to pickup their phones they had tried to buy with her identity and credit. She waited for the delivery man and refused the packages. She then, with the help of her neighbors, devised a plan to leave fake packages on the doorstep to catch the crooks. They waited and got the license plate numbers of a late 90′s Acura sedan that soon rolled up to pick them up. They then relaid this information to the police who are on the look out.

I like stories like these. Ones that end with the victims turning on the thieves that thought they were going to take advantage of them. Made my day way to go woman with LifeLock!

I write a lot about Facebook scams on this site partly because they are annoying and many people who are inexperienced and not tech savvy use Facebook and fall for these simple tricks. So my hope is that these article can help people stay away from them. Having said that I have a site to share with you today.

FaceCrooks.com is a blog that keeps track of Facebook scams floating around the social networking site. Facebook has over 500 million users which makes it a great target for spammers and thieves. Even though Facebook does it’s part in getting rid of this sort of thing it can’t always be helped. FaceCrooks keeps you on your toes and educates you on the current scams and even things believed to be a scam that aren’t.

If you have any doubt of the legitimacy of something on Facebook simply stay away from it. FaceCrooks can be a great resource for you and your not so tech savvy Facebook obsessed mother. So check it out and stay informed .

FaceCrooks.com

Oh the malware email when will we learn to defend against thee? Never probably the scammers and thieves will simply find a way around whatever security is put in place to prevent it. Oh well and so it goes another fake email from Obama, this one a Christmas card email what a special link that when clicked unleashes ZueS a nasty bit of malware designed to steal online account credentials primarily online banking information.

The mail greeting card is pictured above and reads as follows

“As you and your families gather to celebrate the holidays, we wanted to take
a moment to send you our greetings. Be sure that we’re profoundly grateful
for your dedication to duty and wish you inspiration and success in
fulfillment of our core mission.

Greeting card:

hxxp://xtremedefenceforce.com/[omitted]
hxxp://elvis.com.au/[omitted]

Merry Christmas!
___________________________________________
Executive Office of the President of the United States
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500

Anyone clicking one of the two links was sent to a page to supposedly download the greeting card. They of course didn’t get a Christmas card from Obama, but a malware designed to steal from them. You have to be pretty thick to fall for something like this, but there are people out there. Even if the from looks like the president it can easily be faked by changing the header of the email.

Remember to never click links in email from people you don’t know. If the content of an email seems suspicious always exercise caution. Don’t be taken advantage of and keep your eyes open for this sort of thing.