Protect Yourself From Identity Theft [Online] (Part 2)

In my previous post, Protect Yourself From Identity Theft (Part 1), we talked about the dangers of exposing your personal details on Facebook such your ID screenshots, passports, licenses, etc.

We also mentioned about the dangers in using credit cards in commercial establishments and I gave the Barnes and Noble credit card fraud incident in the US as an example.

And then we illustrated how a blogger’s account was copied and contents such as photos even with watermarks were stolen by an online thief.

With just those three classic examples of identity theft scenarios, we should remember that social media profiles and personal experience blogs are like public records of your personal information. Even if you decide to delete them later on, someone else must have already stolen what you posted before. Nightmares, huh?

Let’s now see what are the basic measures we can do to protect our identities online. Continue reading Protect Yourself From Identity Theft [Online] (Part 2)

Protect Yourself From Identity Theft (Part 1)

Being in the auditing and fraud investigating professions for sometime, I feel I have the responsibility to share what I have learned from this experience so that more people will be educated on best practices for fraud and identity theft detection and prevention.

It pays to be informed.

Facebook Creepers

Just this afternoon, a Facebook friend posted her Professional Regulatory Commission ID Card complete with all juicy information such as her full name, profession, birth date, registration number, and the expiry date of her license. Continue reading Protect Yourself From Identity Theft (Part 1)

So Close,Yet So Far Away – Free Personal Finance Seminar for OFW’s in Israel

Our personal finance guru, Randell Tiongson will be conducting a free simple financial planning seminar for our OFWs based in Israel.  Most of the invited attendees are members of our OFW UsapangPiso Forum based in Haifa and Tel Aviv.

As compared to our previous personal finance seminar in Singapore, which is actually several thousand miles away from where I am, this one is a little bit more challenging. In case you don’t know, telecommunication between Saudi Arabia and Israel is totally forbidden, even if they are just neighboring countries.

So close, yet so far away. Continue reading So Close,Yet So Far Away – Free Personal Finance Seminar for OFW’s in Israel