Emerson once said, “Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words.” The two are interchangeable in the world of fraud. You speak and write for a purpose and that purpose is then hinted to the listener or reader through your word choice. That becomes a part of a linguistic pattern that alerts …
How do you know that the person you socialize with, work with, or even date or marry, is actually the person that they say they are? By law, when someone dies, their social security number is part of the public domain because no one can reuse or re-issue that same social security number ever again–it’s …
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Don’t carry all your credit cards and IDs in your wallet. If you rent a car, either remove or destroy the rental agreement after you return the car. When you travel, make sure you secure the mail that you are receiving at your home or office. Mail can be a primary source of information for …
Most of us think a crime scene needs a dead body, detectives and Special Task Forces that interrogate everyone. We assume that to solve a case, you’ll need forensics, DNA samples, weapon analysis, etc.–the list goes on. However, to catch a criminal, you need to first and foremost learn how to profile a criminal: their …
We all recall the biographical crime drama film Catch Me If You Can (2002), starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks, which depicted the life of Frank Abagnale, an expert in check fraud. The conclusion of the film presented us with a twist in the traditional “crime and punishment” verdict of our justice system; captured criminals …
