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	<title>Better Business Bureau Consumer Alert &#187; Social Security number</title>
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		<title>Identity Theft of the Deceased</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/bbbconsumeralert/2013/03/26/identity-theft-of-the-deceased/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick LaFleur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s traumatic to lose a loved one. That trauma is intensified when your loved one’s identity is stolen. Nearly 2.5 million deceased Americans’ have their identity stolen each year. How is that happening? Several ways. One way is that thieves are reading the obituaries. They look for personal information such as birthday, mother’s maiden name [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BBB Warns Seniors of Medicare Scam</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/bbbconsumeralert/2012/10/03/bbb-warns-seniors-of-medicare-scam/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/bbbconsumeralert/2012/10/03/bbb-warns-seniors-of-medicare-scam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 20:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick LaFleur</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsoncitizen.com/bbbconsumeralert/?p=936</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Better Business Bureaus of Southern Arizona is warning seniors of telephone calls from scammers, claiming to be with Medicare, and asking for personal information- like social security numbers and bank account numbers. Seniors in Tucson, and elsewhere in Arizona, have reported receiving calls from individuals claiming to be with Medicare offering “free” items such as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Scam Claims that President Obama will pay Consumers Utility Bills</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/bbbconsumeralert/2012/06/18/new-scam-claims-that-president-obama-will-pay-consumers-utility-bills/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/bbbconsumeralert/2012/06/18/new-scam-claims-that-president-obama-will-pay-consumers-utility-bills/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2012 21:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick LaFleur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Better Business Bureau of Southern Arizona is warning of a new scam that is sweeping the nation by claiming President Obama will pay your utility bills through a new federal program. Customers of utility business FirstEnergy Corp. have reported the scam, and several other energy companies issued warnings to their customers about it. How the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avoid being “Smished” by Scammers</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/bbbconsumeralert/2011/11/14/avoid-being-%e2%80%9csmished%e2%80%9d-by-scammers/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/bbbconsumeralert/2011/11/14/avoid-being-%e2%80%9csmished%e2%80%9d-by-scammers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick LaFleur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Better Business Bureau of Southern Arizona is warning of a  scam targeting cell phone users. “Smishing,” similar to “phishing,” uses text messages to bait consumers into divulging their personal information. One form of the scam tricks consumers into believing their bank accounts have been frozen. The text message appears to come from the consumer’s bank [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Phishing Scam Seeks to Steal Credit Card Information, Identities from Southern Arizona Consumers</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/bbbconsumeralert/2011/10/27/phishing-scam-seeks-to-steal-credit-card-information-identities-from-southern-arizona-consumers/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/bbbconsumeralert/2011/10/27/phishing-scam-seeks-to-steal-credit-card-information-identities-from-southern-arizona-consumers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick LaFleur</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsoncitizen.com/bbbconsumeralert/?p=670</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Better Business Bureau of Southern Arizona is warning of phones calls coming from (718)683-3104, claiming there’s a problem with the call recipients credit card, and that action must be taken to keep the account open. Consumers who pick up the call hear an automated message that states that their credit card has been deactivated, then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Phishing Scam Takes a Legal Twist</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/bbbconsumeralert/2011/08/25/phishing-scam-takes-a-legal-twist/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/bbbconsumeralert/2011/08/25/phishing-scam-takes-a-legal-twist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:19:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick LaFleur</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsoncitizen.com/bbbconsumeralert/?p=561</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Better Business Bureau of Southern Arizona is warning consumers against giving out personal information to unknown callers. Scammers have recently been using the name of legitimate law firms to trick victims across the country into giving out bank information, credit card numbers and other private information. Victims report receiving calls from individuals using a fake [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BBB Advises Parents To Be On Guard For Signs of ID Theft Targeting Children</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/bbbconsumeralert/2011/06/23/bbb-advises-parents-to-be-on-guard-for-signs-of-id-theft-targeting-children/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/bbbconsumeralert/2011/06/23/bbb-advises-parents-to-be-on-guard-for-signs-of-id-theft-targeting-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick LaFleur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first tell-tale sign that a child has been the victim of identity theft could be a credit card solicitation in the child’s name arriving in the mailbox, the Better Business Bureau of Southern Arizona warns. Identity thieves comb the Internet to find inactive Social Security numbers, many of them assigned to children. Companies sell [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Security and Your Facebook Page</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/bbbconsumeralert/2011/02/09/social-security-and-your-facebook-page/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 21:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick LaFleur</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsoncitizen.com/bbbconsumeralert/?p=392</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How can your Facebook page contribute to someone stealing your identity via your social security number? Studies show that computer programs can successfully guess 8.5% of the social security numbers of people born since 1989. This is done by using information from your social networking sites and other public sites. Unfortunately social security numbers are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BBB Warns Consumers To Avoid Credit Score Fixers</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/bbbconsumeralert/2010/08/25/bbb-warns-consumers-to-avoid-credit-score-fixers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick LaFleur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Better Business Bureau of Southern Arizona is warning consumers to steer clear of a new scam that promises to improve consumers’ credit scores using a “credit protection number,” or CPN. Scammers get the numbers by using computers to find dormant Social Security numbers – often those assigned to children. They sell the numbers to people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Census Update: Has Your Household Received Duplicate Census Forms?</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/bbbconsumeralert/2010/04/06/census-update-has-your-household-received-two-census-forms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:28:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick LaFleur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In early April approximately 40 million households will receive the 10 question Census form for a SECOND TIME.  Typically, areas that had a low response rate in 2000 will be targeted for the second mailing. This means there is a strong likelihood that Southern Arizona consumers living in areas that had a low response rate [...]]]></description>
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