Comments on: Identity Theft: Social Engineering http://revellian.com/2008/05/07/identity-theft-social-engineering/ Thoughts and Fiction of Bobby Revell Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:27:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Debbie Dolphin http://revellian.com/2008/05/07/identity-theft-social-engineering/comment-page-1/#comment-6726 Debbie Dolphin Fri, 16 May 2008 02:56:01 +0000 http://revellian.com/?p=710#comment-6726 Hi Bobby! With the interest rates, I am surprised anyone uses credit cards anywhere, online or offline. We use cash, check, or traveler checks. Yet with climbing gas prices, we may need to use a credit card to shop online? ;) <em>Debbie Dolphin's last blog post..<a href='http://lighthousestars.com/2008/05/irbensky-lighthouse-cruise-control.html' rel="nofollow">Irbensky Lighthouse Cruise Control</a></em> Hi Bobby!

With the interest rates, I am surprised anyone uses credit cards anywhere, online or offline. We use cash, check, or traveler checks.

Yet with climbing gas prices, we may need to use a credit card to shop online? ;)

Debbie Dolphin’s last blog post..Irbensky Lighthouse Cruise Control

]]> By: Revellian http://revellian.com/2008/05/07/identity-theft-social-engineering/comment-page-/#comment-6735 Revellian Thu, 15 May 2008 08:00:13 +0000 http://revellian.com/?p=710#comment-6735 Hi Debbie! The only time I ever use a credit card is on line, never in my daily life - only because you can't pay any other way. The people who steal are the ones working at your local bank or at the IRS :mrgreen: Hi Debbie! The only time I ever use a credit card is on line, never in my daily life – only because you can’t pay any other way. The people who steal are the ones working at your local bank or at the IRS :mrgreen:

]]> By: Revellian http://revellian.com/2008/05/07/identity-theft-social-engineering/comment-page-/#comment-6734 Revellian Thu, 15 May 2008 07:57:12 +0000 http://revellian.com/?p=710#comment-6734 Hi Madhur! I'll bet that college LAN is filled with security holes. You've never heard of social engineering? It is absolutely fascinating and practiced by corrupted governments and individuals all over the world :shock: Hi Madhur! I’ll bet that college LAN is filled with security holes. You’ve never heard of social engineering? It is absolutely fascinating and practiced by corrupted governments and individuals all over the world :shock:

]]> By: Debbie Dolphin http://revellian.com/2008/05/07/identity-theft-social-engineering/comment-page-1/#comment-6736 Debbie Dolphin Wed, 14 May 2008 03:59:43 +0000 http://revellian.com/?p=710#comment-6736 Speaking of Social Engineering, my Radar of Secret Service (RSS) seems to have been re-engineered to digital print a portion of your post? For me, the answer to prevent online identity theft is never enter any private information online especially SSNs and credit card numbers. <em>Debbie Dolphin's last blog post..<a href='http://lighthousestars.com/2008/05/lighthouse-spring-is-in-full-swing.html' rel="nofollow">Lighthouse Spring is in Full Swing!</a></em> Speaking of Social Engineering, my Radar of Secret Service (RSS) seems to have been re-engineered to digital print a portion of your post?

For me, the answer to prevent online identity theft is never enter any private information online especially SSNs and credit card numbers.

Debbie Dolphin’s last blog post..Lighthouse Spring is in Full Swing!

]]> By: Madhur Kapoor http://revellian.com/2008/05/07/identity-theft-social-engineering/comment-page-1/#comment-6733 Madhur Kapoor Sun, 11 May 2008 20:33:14 +0000 http://revellian.com/?p=710#comment-6733 Great Info Bobby. I am on college LAN all the time here so i dont actually use credit card but for email purpose, i dont have any other option. However thanks for introducing Social Engineering to me. I will definitely read the book. <em>Madhur Kapoor's last blog post..<a href='http://www.whoismadhur.com/2008/04/13/demonoid-is-back-online/' rel="nofollow">Demonoid is back online</a></em> Great Info Bobby. I am on college LAN all the time here so i dont actually use credit card but for email purpose, i dont have any other option. However thanks for introducing Social Engineering to me. I will definitely read the book.

Madhur Kapoor’s last blog post..Demonoid is back online

]]> By: Revellian http://revellian.com/2008/05/07/identity-theft-social-engineering/comment-page-/#comment-6732 Revellian Fri, 09 May 2008 03:06:08 +0000 http://revellian.com/?p=710#comment-6732 Hi Michelle! Law enforcement is completely inept at solving identity theft crimes. The main reason is because they are behind most of it. Most people have no idea how ineffective they are at catching identity thieves until their own information is stolen. Hackers dive around in cars and log in to people's unprotected wireless modems (war driving). It offers crooks complete anonymity :shock: Hi Michelle! Law enforcement is completely inept at solving identity theft crimes. The main reason is because they are behind most of it. Most people have no idea how ineffective they are at catching identity thieves until their own information is stolen. Hackers dive around in cars and log in to people’s unprotected wireless modems (war driving). It offers crooks complete anonymity :shock:

]]> By: Revellian http://revellian.com/2008/05/07/identity-theft-social-engineering/comment-page-/#comment-6731 Revellian Fri, 09 May 2008 03:01:03 +0000 http://revellian.com/?p=710#comment-6731 I know Marzie...I'm the one who sent it, just to check...hahaha! Just kidding of course :shock: What did I do this week? WORKED too many hours :mrgreen: I know Marzie…I’m the one who sent it, just to check…hahaha! Just kidding of course :shock: What did I do this week? WORKED too many hours :mrgreen:

]]> By: Revellian http://revellian.com/2008/05/07/identity-theft-social-engineering/comment-page-/#comment-6730 Revellian Fri, 09 May 2008 02:59:42 +0000 http://revellian.com/?p=710#comment-6730 Thanks Teeni, I hope it is worth reading! :mrgreen: Thanks Teeni, I hope it is worth reading! :mrgreen:

]]> By: Michelle Gartner http://revellian.com/2008/05/07/identity-theft-social-engineering/comment-page-1/#comment-6727 Michelle Gartner Thu, 08 May 2008 14:56:32 +0000 http://revellian.com/?p=710#comment-6727 My husband had his financial information stolen a while back, fortunately he had been recently divorced (isn't that ironic) and his credit was shot. He contacted the police about it and they gave him a stack of paperwork to fill out. It was over 20 pages long, basically you got the impression they were actually going to do something. The impression was that they would cross reference this with others and find some sort of trail. But when the police left they said- "there is not much we can do about it." HA HA! Turned out they never caught the guy- but they knew what was going on. The guy had a dummy address in Milwaukee and was buying computers from Best Buy, Dell, etc. He moved around fairly quickly- that was the last we heard about it. About hackers- good of you to mention the difference between a hacker & a cracker. It took years of listening to my husband point out the difference before it sunk in and I got it right in my head. For some reason on tv and in the media- they have confused what a hacker is and it sticks with the general population. My Dad for one went to his grave thinking that hackers were the cause of all national security problems and I kept telling him it was Bush. Well- you know he was an old hippy and if you smoke a lot of dope you'll believe anything. My husband had his financial information stolen a while back, fortunately he had been recently divorced (isn’t that ironic) and his credit was shot. He contacted the police about it and they gave him a stack of paperwork to fill out. It was over 20 pages long, basically you got the impression they were actually going to do something. The impression was that they would cross reference this with others and find some sort of trail. But when the police left they said- “there is not much we can do about it.” HA HA!

Turned out they never caught the guy- but they knew what was going on. The guy had a dummy address in Milwaukee and was buying computers from Best Buy, Dell, etc. He moved around fairly quickly- that was the last we heard about it.

About hackers- good of you to mention the difference between a hacker & a cracker. It took years of listening to my husband point out the difference before it sunk in and I got it right in my head. For some reason on tv and in the media- they have confused what a hacker is and it sticks with the general population. My Dad for one went to his grave thinking that hackers were the cause of all national security problems and I kept telling him it was Bush. Well- you know he was an old hippy and if you smoke a lot of dope you’ll believe anything.

]]> By: Genie Princess http://revellian.com/2008/05/07/identity-theft-social-engineering/comment-page-1/#comment-6728 Genie Princess Thu, 08 May 2008 14:09:51 +0000 http://revellian.com/?p=710#comment-6728 Hi Bobby! I get the Paypal email all the time, thanks for the tips! So what did u do when you were staying away from your blog the past week? :) <em>Genie Princess's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mariuca/~3/285063281/my-lil-blunder.html' rel="nofollow">My Lil' Blunder</a></em> Hi Bobby! I get the Paypal email all the time, thanks for the tips! So what did u do when you were staying away from your blog the past week? :)

Genie Princess’s last blog post..My Lil’ Blunder

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