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About the Author: ROBERT SICILIANO, CEO of IDTheftSecurity.com is fiercely committed to informing, educating, and empowering Americans so they can be protected from violence and crime in the physical and virtual worlds. His “tell it like it is” style is sought after by major media outlets, executives in the C-Suite of leading corporations, meeting planners, and community leaders to get the straight talk they need to stay safe in a world in which physical and virtual crime is commonplace. Siciliano is accessible, real, professional, and ready to weigh in and comment at a moment’s notice on breaking news.
Articles by RobertSiciliano :
07.05.11 | Comments Off on Woman Bites Off Attackers Tongue
Years ago my childhood hero was this Chicago cop named JJ Bittenbinder. He would say “If all else fails, let them kiss you, then bite down on their lips until your teeth meet.” The Boston Globe reports a woman was attacked in an alley and her attacker lost a big chunk of his tongue. The […]
07.04.11 | Comments Off on Grandmother Taken for $5400 in Online Dating Scam
All my life, I’ve been waiting for someone to give me a million dollars in diamonds, which have been willed to me by my long-lost Somalian stepfather, who’s supposedly the third generation dictator under the humble Mr. George Kinneus the Third. Or something like that. If you receive an offer resembling that one, run for […]
07.04.11 | Comments Off on Woman Hit With Frying Pan In Home Invasion
We’ve gone over this at least a thousand times, lock your doors at night while you sleep, lock your windows and install a home security alarm. Why? Because strange men who have murdered in the past and have been incarcerated as a teenager eventually get out of jail and then invade a person’s home at […]
07.01.11 | Comments Off on Data Breaches Up, Lost Records Down
According to a recent report from Verizon, data breaches are on the rise. There were 760 data breaches recorded in 2010, compared to 140 breaches in 2009. However, there were approximately four million records stolen in 2010, as opposed to 144 million stolen in 2009. This means there were fewer large-scale data breaches compromised of […]
07.01.11 | Comments Off on Consumer Fraud No Longer Shocking
The depth, breadth, creativity, and depravity of scams and the scammers that perpetrate them no longer shock or offend. From grandmother scams to online dating scams, identity theft, data breaches, and any form of phishing or advanced fee scams, when you’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all. But the bad guys continue to find new […]