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
Well, I probably don’t have to tell you that the Chrysler Corp. and a quality transmission would not recognize each other if they passed on the street. Nonetheless, the new Dodge Challenger really has a doozy. It’s an eight-cylinder engine,READ MORE
At a trial which concluded only two days ago, September 26, 2011, a Los Angeles jury awarded plaintiff Albert Ataian a full buyback for $118,000.00 plus a civil penalty of $10,000 for Mercedes’ willful conduct. Ataian v. Mercedes-Benz USA LLC,READ 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 have said this in previous blog posts, but it’s worth repeating for emphasis. The simplest and best way to preserve the evidence of defect in your lemon vehicle, and thus better ensure a successful outcome for yourREAD 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
This is a link to a YouTube video I recently did, explaining that many credit card companies are now going after authorized users of credit cards, not just the cardholders themselves, to try to collect debts. Authorized users are notREAD MORE