Dateline
NBC: To Catch an Identity Thief; Security in the Digital Age: Special Report |
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| Dateline NBC: To Catch
an Identity Thief; |
| Security in the Digital Age: Special Report |
| Published: Wednesday, August 1st, 2007 |
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Greed, unrealistic expectations, and the quest for
a free lunch are what drive some people to commit themselves as well as others into utter
stupidity. Somewhere it’s said that, “GREED is one of the seven deadly
sins,” but what is it that drives our fellow man to be seduced by, enticed by and
swooned into elaborate schemes of a “richer tomorrow?” This is a special report. |
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I just completed watching a very interesting televised investigative report presented by
Dateline NBC titled, “To Catch an Identity Thief.” This news report, which was
broadcasted Sunday, July 22nd, 2007, is what I would consider some of the most
entertaining and informative investigative news reporting that I have seen in recent days.
It was an excellent report presented by Dateline NBC. Great Job, Dateline! |
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Dateline NBC: To Catch
an Identity Thief; Security in |
the Digital Age: Special Report - by: Will G. Louden™ |
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This report however was much more than your typical investigative news report. We are no
longer living in a world confined by state, country and/or continental borders, albeit a
global society of sophisticated and interconnected rings of organized crime and bad
intentions. Here however I want to use the report as presented by Dateline along with some
of my own analysis and personal security secrets to help people to |
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| protect their identity and to stay a bit safer and mindful of living life
in our very global Digital Age. |
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| The Power of the Media |
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I can remember vividly a statement constantly made by one of my high school teachers.
"Louden, the pen is mightier than the sword," my biology teacher Coach Kelly,
quoting from Edward Bulwer-Lytton, used to tell me. Back then I did not really know what
Coach Kelley meant by the statement. |
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The international Dateline NBC report, which represented several high-level crime
syndicates spanning nearly every major financial district on six continents, clearly
unmasked several levels of greed, selfishness, naiveté, and—well, yes—stupidity
by most of the ... |
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