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mail, “shoulder surfing” at ATM machines
to capture PIN numbers and by fraudulently
accessing your credit report by posing as
an employer or landlord. The majority of
victims never know how their identifying
information was compromised, according to
Michel J. Arata’s book, "Preventing Identity
Theft for Dummies."
“Today’s fastest growing means of harvesting
personal information is phishing e-mail,” David
Sustaita, A&M senior information technology
associate said. “Phishing is a high-tech scam that
uses spam to deceive consumers into disclosing
credit card numbers, bank account information,
Social Security numbers, passwords and other
sensitive personal information.”
Once the information has been stolen, the
thief can buy cars, obtain loans, open charge
accounts and get traffic citations in the unknow
ing victim’s name. The worst part is the victim
never knows this is occurring until he is con
tacted by a creditor demanding payment on an
account that has never been heard of until then.
Colonel John T. Stevens, a victim of identity
theft, said. Stevens has testified before the U.S.
Senate about identity theft and is considered an
expert on the subject.
“This is a crime that can completely disrupt
your life,” Stevens said. “It is degrading and
demeaning to be accused to being an irrespon
sible deadbeat and to be forced to correct some
thing you did not do.”
The criminal who stole Stevens’ informa
tion purchased a Jeep Grand Cherokee and over
$113,000 worth of merchandise on 33 fraudu
lent accounts. It took Stevens over four years to
clear his name.
“My wife and I would spend six to eight
hours a day locating creditors, writing letters
and making phone calls,” Stevens said. “We
thought our nightmare was over and then it
would start all over again.”
People whose identities have been stolen can
potentially spend months or years cleaning up
the mess. In the meantime, victims may lose
job opportunities, be refused loans, education,
housing or cars and even get arrested for crimes
they didn’t commit, according to "Preventing
Identity Theft for Dummies."
Purchasing a paper shredder and shredding
all pre-approved credit applications and credit
card receipts is one way to prevent victimization,
according to identitytheft.org. The Web site also
suggests making up difficult passwords for all
accounts, ordering a credit report at least twice a
year, monitoring bank statements and canceling
all credit cards that haven’t been used in more
than six months. Also, it advises people to never
carry their Social Security card or more than two
credit cards at a time.
If you suspect your identity has been stolen,
the FTC advises closing all accounts you suspect
may have been tampered with, contacting the
fraud department at a credit bureau to place a
fraud alert on your credit file and contacting the
police immediately. Stevens also said demanding
a copy of the credit application on fraudulent
accounts is the best way to prove the account was
opened by someone else.
“Like anything else, people think it won’t
happen to them,” Zantop said. “I got lucky, but I
am a prime example that it does happen. It hap
pens to college kids, it happens to Aggies and it
happened to me.”
Folger
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“We look for people who are
actively at work on different
projects with interesting inter
sections,” Lynch said.
A&M is one of 40 universi
ties affiliated with the Folger
Institute, including one in
Canada and two in Britain, and
is the first affiliated university
west of the Mississippi River.
“We started locally in
1970 with two universities in
Washington, D.C., and our
sense of what is possible has
steadily expanded,” Lynch said.
The affiliation process is a
long series of conversations and
negotiations, Lynch said.
“We look for universities that
have strengths in the humani
ties,” Lynch said. “The faculty at
Texas A&M is great; we already
have a good relationship with
several of them and the admin
istration is very supportive.”
James Hamer, professor of
English and the Samuel Rhea
Gammon Professor of Liberal
Arts, was instrumental in the
affiliation process and will
serve as A&M’s representa
tive on the institute’s planning
board, Smith said.
“Jim (Harner) and other fac
ulty have created an excellent
program here for early modern
ism and Shakespeare in particu
lar, especially through the World
Shakespeare Bibliography,”
Smith said.
The World Shakespeare
Bibliography, published by
Hamer, is an annotated list of
resources related to Shakespeare.
Affiliation with the institute
will give A&M a greater oppor
tunity to participate in seminars
that will increase visibility at
the national and international
level, said Margaret E/.ell. an
English professor who has par
ticipated in two Folger Library
programs.
Affiliation with the Folger
Institute will also give A&M
access to other similar resourc
es, such as the Newberry Library
in Chicago, Lynch said.
The affiliation was initiated
by the Department of English
and is supported by the English
department, the Office of the
Dean of Liberal Arts and the
Melbern G. Glasscock Center
for Humanities Research.
Saddam
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He reported that Saddam, 67, was being
treated for high blood pressure and a chronic
prostate infection, has a hernia and was gain
ing weight after losing 11 pounds during a
time when he resisted all fatty foods.
Saddam is not allowed newspapers, TV
or radio, but has access to 145 books —
mostly travel books and novels — donated
by the Red Cross.
Amin said Saddam tends a garden during
his daily three-hour exercise period.
“He is looking after a few bushes and
shrubs and has even placed a circle of white
stones around a small palm tree,” Amin was
quoted as saying. “His apparent care for his
surroundings is ironic when you think he was
responsible for one of the biggest ecocides
when he drained the southern marshes.”
Google
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many hot new Internet stocks saw their prices mul
tiply many times over in a matter of hours, even
though the companies had yet to make a profit.
“There are no virgins anymore when it comes
to Internet investing,” Randall said. “All investors
— whether institutional or'individuals — are far more
savvy about what’s possible as an Internet company.”
Google shares will be distributed in an unusual
auction designed to give the general public a better
chance to buy stock before shares begin trading. In
the past, companies’ IPO shares have been restricted
to an elite group picked by the investment bankers
handling the deal.
Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin,
who dreamed up the idea in a Stanford University
dorm room and fonned the company in 1998, also
stand to profit handsomely along with its stock-hold
ing employees and venture capital investors.
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