This article is not directly related to ID theft, but the prevention of fraud is very similar to that of ID theft and  should be beneficial to the majority of you

The Consumer Federation of America, one of the country’s biggest consumer watchdog groups, released a warning recently: the more desperate you are financially, the more vulnerable you are to the predations of unscrupulous white-collar criminals. These are scammers who wont’ hesitate to turn your worry to their cruel advantage. Thus, in the wake of the past year’s economic troubles, more and more Americans are potential victims of fraud. Read the rest of this entry »