A.G. GancarskiFebruary 21, 2023
6min0
The Ethics and Elections Committee heard from Secretary of State Cord Byrd.
Tag: identity theft
A.G. GancarskiFebruary 21, 2023
Renzo DowneyJanuary 18, 2022
5min0
The measure passed 4-3 after pushback from press freedom advocates.
Associated PressDecember 22, 2021
4min570
Most of the money disappeared through unemployment fraud.
Janelle Irwin TaylorJune 23, 2020
3min1244
The suspects made off with more than $650,000.
Ryan NicolJanuary 29, 2020
3min536
Damsky faced up to 15 years in prison on felony charges.
Jacob OglesJanuary 30, 2019
4min318
The Chief Financial Officer said Hurricane Michael victims have been exploited.
Blake DowlingSeptember 13, 2016
4min172
Over the years, I have composed dozens of columns on cyberthreats, skimming credit cards at the pump, boss-phishing, crypto locker, and identity theft. In a lot of those stories, you don’t hear about the bad guys getting the hammer. The Department of Homeland Security has an enormous task of defending government agencies from nation-state cyberattacks, […]
Staff ReportsMarch 31, 2016
2min325
The Florida Lottery is warning of an emailed scam seeking financial and other personal information, according to a Thursday news release. “The email includes the Florida Lottery logo and uses the Florida Lottery headquarters’ address as part of the letterhead,” the statement said. The scam letter also refers to LinkedIn and Microsoft. “The email states that the recipient has won […]
Phil AmmannFebruary 11, 2016
6min541
As April 15 quickly approaches and Americans start to file tax returns, a large number of people will be in for a shock. And it’s not a bigger-than-expected refund. Many will learn their taxes have already been filed – by someone else using their identity. Identity theft and tax fraud are on the rise in 2016, […]
Jim RosicaDecember 29, 2015
2min337
As if we didn’t have enough grifts to be on guard for, now the scammers are using phony “tech support” calls, according to a Tuesday consumer alert from the Florida Office of Financial Regulation. The con goes like this, according to OFR spokeswoman Jamie Mongiovi: The mark gets a call from someone “posing as technical support staff […]