Here’s a good article on preventing ID theft by not carrying stuff around in your wallet that could facilitate an ID theft. Enjoy! Hey, stay cool out there! That overstuffed wallet of yours can’t be comfortable to sit on. It’sREAD MORE
Credit Fraud
From an excellent consumer protection attorney in New York, Jay Fleischmann: http://www.consumerhelpcentral.com/heres-what-needs-to-happen-before-a-federal-student-loan-wage-garnishment-can-take-effect/?goback=%2Egde_1827774_member_130403321
A good article. The digital age gave birth to rampant identity theft. Learning more about how the thieves steal your identities is (no political or religious or moral issues intended) the very best birth control! http://shine.yahoo.com/financially-fit/prevent-identity-theft-215600267.html The latest scams toREAD MORE
Debtors’ prisons were generally outlawed in our country in the 1830′s, but with corporate America flexing increasing power, they are making a return. A good thing? I think not. Corporate CEO’s never go to “debtor’s prison” when they over-borrow andREAD MORE
DEBT COLLECTION ABUSES: more warnings about what you put up on Facebook, AND WHO YOU ACCEPT AS FRIENDS ON FACEBOOK, from Yahoo! Finance. 2 morals of the story: 1. Don’t accept friend requests from people you do not know, particularlyREAD MORE
I went to a luncheon last week featuring three investigators from the Glendale (Ca.) police department who specialized in investigating identity thefts. They had some great information for the crowd. Did you know, the amount of money and revenue involvedREAD MORE
I’m re-printing an article that ran inYahoo Finance today, below. Here are my tips: How to protect yourself? Smartphones: never do your banking or investing from your smartphone, and limit your credit card use from your smartphone to a singleREAD MORE
Hello Readers, It’s August 5, 2011. I was supposed to be leaving for a backpacking trip in the Sierras today, but I had to postpone this until Monday. Good day to write a short blog article. We are often approachedREAD MORE
Boy, is this study overdue! The new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will undertake a study, with information provided by the credit bureaus, to address the problem of wide variations of credit scores that have been noted by so many consumers.READ MORE
Hello Readers, I hope your summer 2011 is off to a good start. We’ve received many, many complaints from identity theft victims that they have had problems with local police agencies taking their identity theft police reports. Some police agenciesREAD MORE