Lionheart Assurance Says That Complaint Boards Are Chalked Full Of Complaints Related To ID Theft Scams, Don’t You Become A Victim
As Part of the Lionheart Assurance Scam Prevention Toolkit™
Putting measures into place to avoid an identity theft scam at your business probably does not cross your mind very much, if at all, especially if you consider your business to be a quote-unquote small business; however, complaint boards all over the Internet are packed full of complaints related to identity theft and fraud. If you think crooks only target individuals or large corporations, then think again. In reality, even small businesses can be the target of identity fraud. People can use your business identity or secure your list of customers in order to rip off the public or perform other criminal activities both online and offline. Here are some ways in which you can protect your business and your customers from such scams, frauds and ripoffs.
Getting to know how criminals operate is a good way on how to avoid identity theft fraud at your business. Although the most publicized cases of corporate identity thefts being reported are about crooks stealing customer information from the database of large companies, hacking is not the only threat to your business. In fact, cheating and getting access from inside your system is also a big headache. Some online scam artists will try to rip off your customers by pretending to be representatives of your company or even phish information or identities of your present employees to get to you. There are things that criminals can do to twist the arms of your employees, even your most trusted ones, just to squeeze the information they want regarding you, your customers and your business.
So, what can you do on how to avoid identity theft fraud at your business? Make sure that you invest in good software that will prevent viruses, malwares and spywares from entering your company’s computer database. You need such security measures to ensure that you are protected from outside hackers and ripoffs. In order to protect yourself from the inside, you need to be more careful with the people you hire. Also, take the time to inform your employees about the growing threat of identity theft fraud and tell them how they can detect criminals trying to phish information from them. In addition, it is important that you do not allow personal emails, external messaging applications and other personal activities on your company’s computer network. Perhaps if your employees understand how these things are threatening, they won’t feel as if you are attempting to stifle them personally.
Financial liability is one of the biggest impacts of being a victim of corporate identity theft. To protect yourself from financial repercussions and scams, you should find an assurance agency that will help cover loses and other related expenses in case problems regarding hacking and identity theft arise.
To know more about how to avoid identity theft ripoffs at your business, visit Lionheart Assurance Solutions at http://www.LionheartAssuranceSolutions.com today.
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Excellent point Crystal. We do provide sensitive information to vendors and companies everyday. I also agree that more and more scams are popping up, especially with the growth of technology and because of the recession. Please feel free to comment in the future and sign up for the Lionheart Assurance Solutions RSS Feeds for up coming scam prevention articles.
Good information, thanks. Yes, the feds are definitely coming after businesses that don’t protect data. The Attorney General in our state has made an example of quite a few companies over their poor handling of sensitive information, and we’re starting to see these stories in the news now on a regular basis. As a business owner, it’s scary because you never know if one data breach could result in enough litigation and potential fines to put the entire business in jeopardy. Does Lionheart Assurance Solutions have an office in San Antonio, Texas?
This makes sense to me, because I was recently surfing the internet and ran across my drivers license number, address and social security number listed on two different websites. You can imagine my shock and surprise at this, and it turned out that both of these so called “websites” were just open data portals of local vendors I’ve done business with in the past. And it wasn’t just MY personal information on them, either. It looked like their ENTIRE customer list was exposed on the internet, and I didn’t get the impression it was something they had done on purpose. Needless to say, I contacted them both and demanded that my information be removed. But who knows how much damage has already been done? So I have a hard time believing I’m the only one out there whose personal info has been exposed in this manner. Someone needs to hold these businesses accountable for their shoddy information handling practices, and I appreciate Lionheart Assurance Solutions for creating the Lionheart Assurance Scam Prevention Toolkit!
Thanks for this. Been starting to see more and more stories in the news about identity theft. Hopefully folks are finally starting to figure out that it’s about a lot more than credit cards. My granddad recently found out that he was a victim of medical identity theft. I think I saw another article in the Lionheart Assurance Scam Prevention series dealing with this (or maybe at lionheartassurancesolutions.com). Someone had been using his identity to get medical treatments, and their medical history was merged in with his. He didn’t find out until he went to the hospital recently and they told him he had previously been diagnosed with AIDS, which of course was not true. We’re still trying to help him get this removed so that his insurance isn’t canceled. We all need to take this stuff very seriously.
Anti-virus software used to seem like an unnecessary expense to me, but in this day and age it is essential if a company is going to protect their information. I put it on all of my computers at my business. Hackers have become too good at stealing information for me to take my chances anymore. Lionheart Assurance Solutions, can you recommend some top anti-virus software?
It’s so important to hire people you can trust. I read somewhere that employers say that the number one quality that they are looking for in potential employee is honesty. Good reminder, Lionheart Assurance Solutions.
This is an excellent article. Thank you, Lionheart Assurance, for exposing this scam that effect all businesses. I’ve been seeing more identity theft scams popping up lately, and most of them seem to be related to data breaches taking place in businesses. The federal government is finally starting to hold these companies accountable for their questionable handling of sensitive information, and that’s a very good thing. If they’re going to require sensitive information of their consumers, they’ve got to be responsible for what happens to it!