Welcome to ME&ME, the official blog of Europ Assistance USA. A leading resource on relevant news related to identity theft, travel & medical assistance, and personal assistance services, ME&ME strives to cater to the many roles and identities people relate to, may it be at work, at home, or on the go.
on-the-go
At Baltimore Washington Airport, the Department of Homeland Security unveiled a new airport security area. Trying to marry better security equipment and processes with a more pleasant, “spa-like” environment is a challenge, and the first users of the system gave it mixed results.
How about a facial to go along with your full body scan! Here’s to the further integration of spa and security.
in-the-wallet
Was your CEO one of the 20,000 who received a scam email subpoena on Monday? Brian Krebs at washingtonpost.com reports that about 2,000 victims were tricked into downloading an item that steals account usernames and passwords from banking sites. A good rule of thumb – any purported serious legal or other business communication rife with English mistakes is probably not what it claims to be.
In other scam news, the Securities and Exchange Commission is going after a phony Latvian brokerage firm that was soliciting job applications on Craig’s List and asking for detailed personal information including social security numbers and date of birth. and then using this information to open brokerage accounts and used transactions within these accounts to make huge profits due to the change in trading volume and stock prices. Rule of thumb #2, if a job ad sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
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