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Two sometimes inter-related crimes pose a threat to your bottom line: phishing and identity fraud. For that reason, we have pulled together a comprehensive set of articles, links, Q&As and tools relating to each of them.

Dictionary.com defines phishing as: the practice of luring unsuspecting Internet users to a fake Web site by using authentic-looking email with the real organization's logo, in an attempt to steal passwords, financial or personal information, or introduce a virus attack; the creation of a Web site replica for fooling unsuspecting Internet users into submitting personal or financial information or passwords.

BankersOnline.com has compiled an extensive list of banking related phishing articles, tools and much more.

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Phishing Articles

Phishing Tools

Blog Entries on Phishing

Phishing Regulatory Links

Articles on ID Fraud

Be Prepared For ID Theft

CIP and the PLEASE System

Checking ID? Look at the Big Picture.

Verifying ID: What should you accept?

Verifying SSNs: Does the SSN match with someone living?

FTC: Catching Information Brokers

ID Theft Insurance

Identity Fraud: The Need for a Common Lexicon

FTC Issues New Standard ID Theft Affidavit

Education Against ID Theft

The Identity Validation Conundrum

CIP Can Help Reduce ID Fraud, Too

ID Fraud Links

ID Fraud Tools

P.L.E.A.S.E. ID verification reminder sign
Link to the BOL 60 Second Solutions page to find one minute videos on the following topics:
- Beware the Pretext Caller
- ID Requirements for New Accounts
- ID Theft Tips
Affidavit of forgery - sample form for the drawer of a check to attest that a forgery has taken place
Alien Identification Procedures
BOL User Leslie Callaway has contributed information that relates to identification of alien customers and risk assessment data relating to lending to aliens, from diplomats to NRAs.
- Alien Identification Procedures -- Word .doc format. Right click the link to save the file or choose the pdf version
EIN and SSN Background
BOL User James Richards, author of the book "Transnational Criminal Organizations, Cybercrime, and Money Laundering" (CRC Press 1998) [Editor's Note: Watch for the second edition, coming soon!], has written up a detailed explanation of how EINs and SSNs work, including a table showing EIN allocations by IRS Service Center. Scroll down to page 15 of this document for the EIN/SSN info.
EIN and SSN Background explanation by James Richards (PDF format)
EIN and SSN Background explanation by James Richards (Word .doc format -- you must RIGHT click on the link and "save target as" or "save link as", save the file, then open it from Word.

I.D. Verification - PLEASE
BOL User Brenda Canterbury notes that one of the old stand-bys for remembering driver's license ID verification procedures is the acronym PLEASE. This html page explains how it works.
- I.D. Verficiation - PLEASE
Privacy Police Tools
Privacy Police graphics - a humorous, but effective, way to let your employees know they've been caught with an information security infraction.
- Background and suggestions for using the privacy police graphics
SKIPO Training Game
BOL Users Leslie Callaway and Melissa Langley (Sandy Spring Bank) have shared a game they created -- SKIPO Jeopardy -- to train their employees on Suspicious Activity, Know Your Customer, Information Security, Privacy/Identity Theft, and OFAC. Try it -- and let them know what you think! (There are two sets below -- choose from PDF or Word .doc)

PDF Version
Word .doc Version YOU MUST RIGHT CLICK ON EACH LINK AND "Save Target as" or "Save Link as", then open in Word.

ID Fraud Products

I.D. Checking Guide
I.D. Checking Guide International Edition
Hand Held Blacklight (Check security features on driver's licenses, state IDs, & the NEW U.S. currency)
P.L.E.A.S.E. ID Verification Reminder Card

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