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Many people like rankings. Below is a collection of I've Been Mugged posts that discuss various rankings and lists with tips or advice:

• 10 Takeaways From The Privacy, Surveillance, And Technology Talk At SXSW (March 2014)
• 20 Things Parents Can Teach Children And Teens To Safely Use Mobile And Social Networking Sites (March 2014)
• 4 Reasons Why Your Internet Access Is Expensive And Slow... And Could Get A Lot Worse (February 2014)
• 5 Ways The Loss Of 'Net Neutrality' Will Affect Netflix And Other Video Streaming Users (February 2014)
• 14 Things Facebook Users Need To Know (January 2014)
• 12 Facts About Why Low Wage Workers Strike For Higher Wages (December 2013)
• 7 Interesting Statistics About Trust From The Latest AP Survey Of Americans (December 2013)
• 10 Tips For Safe Holiday Shopping With Your Smart Phone (November 2013)
• 8 Sentences That Drive Employees Crazy (September 2013)
• 11 Dangers To Personal Information (July 2013)
• 8 Questions That Highlight The Issues About Government Surveillance (July 2013)
• 8 Tips About Cruise Ship Vacations And Cruise Ship Maintenance (May 2013)
• 7 Tips To Avoid A Rejected Credit Card During Vacation Travel (May 2013)
• 9 Things Consumers Should Do About A Lost Or Stolen Tablet (April 2013)
• 5 Ways Retail Stores Spy On Their Shoppers (April 2013)
• The Top 5 Places You Should Never Use Your Smart Phone (March 2013)
• 5 Online Privacy Tips To Keep You And Your Family Safe (January 2013)
• Video: 5 Easy Steps You Can Do To Avoid Identity Theft (January 2013)
• 10 Tips For Consumers To Stay Safe During 2013 (January 2013)

2012 and 2011:

• 9 Tips To Keep Your Personal Data Stored In The Cloud Secure (August 2012)
• 5 Things You Should Know About Prepaid Cards (May 2012)
• 6 Threats That Target Consumers' Mobile Devices (May 2012)
• 10 Tips To Recognize And Avoid Scams That Target Elders (March 2012)
• BBB: Top 10 Scams Of 2011 (January 2012)
• 8 Ways To Avoid The New Banking Fees (October 2011)
• 10 Dangerous habits Consumers Still Do Online (August 2011)
• 12 Tips For Consumers To Avoid Identity Theft And Fraud (June 2011)
• Tips For Safe Online Banking (June 2011)
• 5 Things Consumers Must Do If Your Computer Is Infected With Malware (March 2011)
• BBB: The Top 10 Scams of 2010 (February 2011)

Useful tips from 2010 and earlier:

• 8 Warning Signs of Fraud and Scams (November 2010)
• Cities Whose Residents Have the Highest (And Lowest) Credit Scores (October 2010)
• 6 Tips To Help Consumers Spot Credit Repair Scams (October 2010)
• 10 Identity Theft Prevention Tips All Taxpayers Should Know (September 2010)
• 10 Ways For Employees to Spot 401(K) Plan Abuse By Your Employer(September 2010)
• 7 Steps To Do After Your Wallet Is Lost or Stolen (September 2010)
• My Ideal Social Networking Site Would Be... (September 2010)
• The Benefits of Being an Identity-Theft Victim (July 2010)
• Identity Theft Protection Tips for College Graduates (June 2010)
• 7 Ways To Protect Your Medical Records (May 2010)
• 7 Things You Should Stop Doing On Facebook (May 2010)
• Ripoffs For Consumers To Avoid (February 2010)
• The 2009 Data Breach Hall of Shame
• 11 Reasons Why Data Security Is Good For Profits
• 5 Tricks Banks Use to Charge Consumers More Overdraft Fees
• 10 Things You Should Know To Protect Yourself From Identity Theft
• 10 Things You Should Never Write In An E-mail Or Instant Message (Twitter Message, Too!)
• The 500 Worst Passwords Consumers Use
• 9 Good Habits For Consumers To Survive A Deep Recession
• The 20 Most Useful Identity-Theft Posts In 2008
• 7 Blunders Consumers Make That Invite Identity Theft
• 10 Tips To Reduce Your Risk Of Identity Theft And Identity Fraud
• 10 Tips To Protect Yourself When Using a Public Computer
• 20 Ways Wal-Mart Clinics Will Affect Health Care
• Top Five Data Security Risks For Healthcare Organizations
• Top 50 Cities For Identity Theft
• Tips To Protect Your Identity
• The List Of Personal Data You Should Protect

Do you know of any good Top 10 lists about identity theft? If so, share them below.

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Comments

[Trixie]

Do not sign up for truecredit.com. Here is the path of relationship association that reveals big problems with id theft. Here goes...Transunion's subsiderary with truecredit which DBA great Fun (among others) is owned by Trilegiant (formerly Cedant) Trilegiant was sued last July for $25million by the state of Illinois. Ok...how do I know all this? My identity was passed on from truecredit.com to great fun then for some strange reason...on the same day...my account got hit with almost $1,000 charges by people ordering different goods being shipped to all different states also West Africa. So what can you do? I reported to everyone I can report to and I feel this needs some national attention on a grand scale. Any suggestions? Has anyone else experienced this same nightmare?

[George]

Readers:

Trixie is correct. Trilegiant Corp settled with the State of Illinois in July 2008. According to the St. Louis Business Journal:

"Trilegiant Corp., a subsidiary of Cendant Corp., must pay $25 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by consumers who were charged for products they never ordered... More than one million people nationwide, including some in St. Louis, complained about the incorrect charges, said Rob Schmieder, an attorney who worked on the case."

"Norwalk, Conn.-based Trilegiant allegedly billed and collected unauthorized charges from consumers for products and memberships consumer never requested, including Privacy Guard, Credit Alert, Auto Vantage, Travelers Advantage, Buyers Advantage, Compete Home, Digital Protection Plus, Great Fun, Great Options, HealthSaver, Hotline, Just for Me, National Card Registry, NetMarket, Shoppers Advantage, Travel ER and others."

Source:
http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2008/07/14/daily77.html
St. Louis Business Journal. July 18, 2008

Of course, as part of the deal Trilegiant admitted no wrong-doing. Based on Trixie's experience, there seems to have been an unreported data breach by either Great Fun, Cendant, or Trilegiant.

I encourage Trixie and other affected consumers to report any identity theft and fraud to both their local law enforcement and to the FTC at this page:

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/idtheft/consumers/filing-a-report.html

George
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[Trixie]

Thank you George for looking into this. I haven't seen anything happen as a result of this problem with truecredit. It's very interesting that this kind of thing can happen to just a plain old consumer like this and there are no charges pressed, no one is held accountable...just my bank (BOA) had to take the heat and put the money back on our account. I have reported to every federal, state and local law enforcement agency with no response back as of yet. Maybe it takes a long time for the wheals to turn in the consumers favor. I am very happy to have hopefully reached many people who could become a victim and saved them some trouble and heartache in the end. Thank you for your attention and this wonderfull website!

Trixie

[Brian Diez]

Everyone must be very careful, for you not to be a victim..Thanks for the very helpful info.