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Synthetic Identity Theft & Its Very Real Consequences
Monday, January 30, 2017 10:47 am, Posted by Absolute Destruction
We know how it sounds. How can synthetic identity theft pose a genuine concern for Canadian citizens if it isn’t real? Well, for one thing, it’s not as artificial as its name implies. Synthetic identity theft uses a mixture of authentic and fabricated information to create a completely new identity or — in some cases […]
Identity Theft: The Warning Signs
Monday, January 23, 2017 6:30 am, Posted by Absolute Destruction
Identity theft has become the country’s most frequent non-violent crime. In 2014, at the time of the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre’s last Annual Statistic Report, approximately 15,000 people were victims of fraud and identity theft. To us, the GTA’s premier document destruction company, that’s 15,000 people too many. The ‘how’s and ‘why’s may differ from case […]
Don’t Get Caught By The iTunes Scam This Holiday Season
Monday, December 19, 2016 7:15 am, Posted by Absolute Destruction
A new kind of extortion scam has hit the nation, but it’s a cover of the same old song: scammers try to trick you out of money by claiming to be from the Canada Revenue Agency. Except this time, instead of getting you to send money through PayPal or some other account, they request payment […]