Skip to main content

Home/ Abney and Associates Internet and Technology/ Abney and Associates, Study: Medical ID theft victims increasingly report spoofed sites and phishing as cause of fraud
mardie lavender

Abney and Associates, Study: Medical ID theft victims increasingly report spoofed sites and phishing as cause of fraud - 1 views

abney and associates internet privacy fraud Study: Medical ID theft victims increasingly report spoofed sites phishing as cause of

started by mardie lavender on 13 Sep 13
  • mardie lavender
    #1 mardie lavender on 13 Sep 13
     
    Between 2012 and 2013, the percentage of medical identity theft victims reporting spoofed websites and phishing emails as the likely cause of their troubles doubled. This year, eight percent of respondents cited the cyber schemes as the cause of their issues, while only four percent of victims reported the same in 2012.

    In the report, medical identity theft was defined as a person using an individual's name or personal identity "to fraudulently receive medical service, prescription drugs and goods, including attempts to commit fraudulent billing."

    Read more: http://www.scmagazine.com/study-medical-id-theft-victims-increasingly-report-spoofed-sites-and-phishing-as-cause-of-fraud/article/311352/#
  • mardie lavender
    #2 mardie lavender on 13 Sep 13
     
    Don't just click on anything!

To Top

Start a New Topic » « Back to the Abney and Associates Internet and Technology group