Protecting your good name: Identity theft and its prevention

2004 Information Security Curriculum Development Conference, InfoSecCD 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 102-106

  Abdullah, Abdul Kareem ^a  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Better Business Bureau (BBB); Business record theft; Consumer privacy; Credit card fraud; Dumpster diving; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Identity theft; Mail fraud; Phishing; Social security fraud; US Department of Justice (DOJ); US Postal Inspection Service (USPIS)

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; SECURITY OF DATA;

BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU (BBB); CONSUMER PRIVACY; CREDIT CARD FRAUDS; DUMPSTER DIVING; FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSIONS; IDENTITY THEFT; INSPECTION SERVICES; MAIL FRAUD; PHISHING; SOCIAL SECURITY; US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICES;

CRIME;

EID: 82955203864     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1059524.1059547     Document Type: Conference Paper

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