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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><rss version="2.0"> <channel> <title>Identity Theft</title> <link>http://www.GuardMyCreditFile.org</link> <description>News and information about identity theft, how to avoid becoming a victim, and what you can do if you have already been victimized.</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2006 22:44:46 GMT</lastBuildDate> <generator>ListGarden Program 1.02</generator> <docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><copyright>Copyright by GuardMyCreditFile.org</copyright><language>en-us</language><webMaster>jmalmber@pacbell.net</webMaster> <item> <title>Privacy Concerns with Google Desktop Search </title> <link>http://financialprivacy.blogspot.com/2006/02/privacy-concerns-with-google-desktop.html</link> <description>February 17, 2006 – Google has just released the latest version of its desktop search software, and it some new features. One of them is the ability to share documents across multiple computers. 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Unfortunately, a lot of people are falling for this new telephone pitch, and having their credit ruined in the process.</description> <pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2006 02:43:52 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>Two New Internet Scams to Look Out For – An ACCESS Fraud Alert</title> <link>http://www.guardmycreditfile.org/index.php/content/view/539//</link> <description>January 5, 2006 – Two new scams have hit the internet, with one common goal; making you part with your personal financial information. From all accounts, it looks like the scam artists are having a pretty good week. 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A portion of the recipients were surprised to find out that their Social Security Numbers were embedded in a string of numbers on the mailing label. </description> <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2006 22:19:26 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>One day, both her money and her husband are gone</title> <link>http://www.guardmycreditfile.org/index.php/content/view/537/138/</link> <description>There are bad dreams, there are nightmares and then there are situations like that of Joanne Sims.</description> <pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2005 19:39:05 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>Lost and Found: 2 Million LaSalle Bank Customers – An ACCESS Fraud Alert </title> <link>http://www.guardmycreditfile.org/index.php/content/view/536//</link> <description>December 21, 2005 – Last week a computer tape containing the names, addresses, account information, payment histories and Social Security Number of 2 million people disappeared while in transit. The tape, which contained data on all of LaSalle Bank’s mortgage customers, had been shipped via DHL to Experian by the bank in November. It then reappeared two days ago.</description> <pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2005 19:37:50 GMT</pubDate> </item> </channel></rss> If you would like to create a banner that links to this page (i.e. this validation result), do the following:
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