The Coming Pandemic Of Identity Theft???

The mess with the Veterans Administration isyou're looking to sell, or recycle your old
scary but there is an even larger problem loomingcomputer. You've cleaned up the keyboard and
on the horizon. It's just a matter ofspray pressurized air all over the box.But have
time.-FACTThere're 575 mln PCs in use today, 1.3you deleted all your old files?I mean REALLY
bln by 2010By 2010, mature markets in thedeleted them? With all the rising threats from
United States, Europe and Asia-Pacific will haveidentity theft, and Internet mischief, I don't think it
added 150 mln new PCs, while emerging marketsa bad idea to be proactive and clean-up that old
will have added 566 mln new computers. Overall,hard drive.So find out if important data was really
there will be 1.3 billion PCs, up from 575 mln today.gone after you hit the 'delete' key.A few studies
The number of PCs in emerging markets willhave been done where a number of purchased
grow at a 31% compounded annual growth ratesecond-hand computers ramdomly selected and
.Now add to this number that each of these aretaken it to the guys at the Computer Clinic ,
replaced on an average 3-5 yrs which is whereAnywhere,USA.They put our hard drive to the
the sleeping giant waits to strike. Now we'retest. Within an hour, old files were being retrieved
already looking at over 1 billion pc's waiting toall over the place. Financial information, emails,
strike back.Now factor in Russia which has longaddresses, even digital photos -- all of which were
been dubbed a hub of tech fraud, credit-carddeleted by the previous users.The computer
holders have been justifiably wary about usingtechs were able to retrieve all the data by using
their plastic there. Travelers have been warnedsimple off-the-shelf software.OK, so how do you
that after charging a dinner to their card in Russia,really get rid of the old files?The trick is to use
that number could be copied and used even aftersoftware that measures up to Department of
the owner left the country.Apart from anecdotalDefense standards for deleting data. The
evidence, there are some solid reasons forsoftware basically makes three passes over your
switching to a paranoid "cash only" existence.hard drive, writing and rewriting the data as it
Notably, an unknown number of PIN codes givinggoes. It's the equivalent of someone scribbling
access to credit- and debit-card accounts wereover a sheet of notebook paper, over and over
stolen in mid-1999 after a security breach at aagain until it's nothing more than an unreadable
Moscow card-processing center. Subsequently,mess.You can buy the software at most
many cardholders had their checking accountssoftware retailers, especially office supply chain
cleaned out, in a rare example of a massive PINstores like Staples and Office Depot. My
theft.According to the Internet Fraud Complaintrecommendation is a program called "Drive
Center's 2001 Internet Fraud Report (PDF), RussiaWasher" -- it comes in a bright orange box (you
is at the bottom of a list of the top 10 countriescan't miss it) and meets all the necessary specs.
for Internet fraud perpetrators, with only 0.2Remember to look for the Department of
percent of the identified perpetrators.In theDefense standards marking on the box before
beginning of Id Theft one of the popular ways toyou buy any program.Now, if you're on a budget
get the info needed to create a fraud wasthere's an excellent shareware program called
dumpster diving. This was accomplished by picking"Darik's Boot and Nuke". I planned on listing more
through the trash at a resaruant,mall,bank. Theresoftware here, but this one is really all you need.If
you could obtain ssn,bank and cc acct numbersyou just plan on donating your computer, then
and so on.The new breed of dumpster diver willyou can't go wrong with Goodwill.
go for your hardrive of your old discarded pc.So