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Sallie Krawcheck has had no trouble staying busy since leaving Bank of America. She recently joined the advisory board of Gold Bullion International and is on her way to growing a vast Twitter following.
April 19
Some speculated that the formation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau would usher in a new era of consumer protection. But regulators can't help consumers who don't do the bare minimum to protect themselves.
One sensible rule of thumb: don't post pictures of your debit card online, especially with the name and card number clearly visible.
Now that bad judgment is being aggregated and highlighted. A Twitter feed called
"We would have thought that would be common sense for anyone intelligent enough to own both money and a functioning smartphone. We were wrong," The
"Offenders come from all over the world, but skew young. Young enough to just be obtaining their first debit cards, clearly," it adds.
The Twitter feed, which appears to have been started in late May, seemingly takes all the hard work out of identity theft.
But the account's tagline also gives its victims a basic warning: "Please quit posting pictures of your debit cards, people."
