Tooting has just been bestowed with a rather dubious title — the UK’s worst place for ID fraud. It’s not just a little more likely that your identity, credit and good name will be stolen from SW17, it’s a whole five times more likely than …
This weekend column is brought to you by the founders of Niceties Tokens, Liz and Pete of Team Nice. 26. Lazy or Incapable? It’s never been easy being a supporter of the England football team. The experience can best be summed up as a periodic …
. We’re all aware that identity theft is a real problem. We’ve all been told to shred our personal documents before throwing them out and to keep our PIN details private so that unscrupulous people don’t steal our identities and run us into debt by …
The Met have moved fast on a burglary that took place last Thursday, arresting a man the following day. The speedy result could have something to do with the fact that the crime took place right under their noses and that they themselves were the …
The government’s plans to bring in high tech ID cards may have to go back to the drawing board after a Guardian investigation showed that biometric data could be electronically attacked and cloned with a £174 microchip reader. We say may have to back to …
Shredders have become all the rage. Only this very morn, BBC’s Breakfast program reiterated the message: identity theft is on the increase; shred all personal documents before disposing. But please don’t mince those old shopping lists, or you’ll put this lovable loon out of a …
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