This is a story about identity theft and how I discovered my identity had been stolen. Some of the headaches, the endless paperwork and the things I wished I would have known years ago. I am determined to get back to a FICO score above 720
Pop singer Courtney Love is accused by American Express of taking out 104 credit cards and charging just over $350,000. Love denies the claim and insists that the charges and the cards are fraudulent. My question is how does AMEX allow ANYONE to open 104 cards?? I have a tough enough time getting one card [...]
A New York woman was granted a divorce from a con artist who stole her identity, obtained a passport in her name and racked up a heap of dept. The woman who never met her “husband” had used the names of her children as dependents on his Tax forms as deductions. The whole story is posted here
This article brought to mind my one of my uncles. He used to be a cop and was involved in investigations like these for more than a decade. Out of the countless conversations we’ve had on the subject of crime (which is a lot, trust me!) one line stands out to me as particularly appropriate: [...]
I like the issue of Times Daily .com of June 1, 2009 written by Tom Smith, Senior Staff Writer. Compelling everyone’s awareness to avoid Identity Theft which is at epidemic status according to the Federal Trade Commission. They say that identity theft was up to 50 percent increase from 2007 to 2008. Not just one [...]
Not like I don’t have my own issues to deal with but I was reading an article about how there may be a huge increase in Identity Theft because of the Bailout. Most of the article is about how a downturn in the economy causes people to take more chances and resort to crime. And [...]
These crack articles just crack me up! We all try to spend time protecting ourselves from the “unknown” thief you know, the person that finds a wallet, or takes mail from your mailbox and uses the information. But how about the thief that is in your family. This guy steals information from a family member [...]
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So this guy looses his wallet and 40 thousand dollars from Identity Theft. The crook was so brazen that he actually made with drawls in person from Bank of America. Way to get Bank of America! Your security protection and customer service both suck. Identity Theft – Way to Spot Suspicious Activity Bank of America. [...]
So I just got my Equifax notification about credit monitoring. I love this type of confirmation. For the last month, Equifax Credit Watch(TM) has been helping protect you from identity theft. We’ve been monitoring your credit file and are pleased to inform you there were no inquiries or other critical events reported in the last [...]
I know it has been a while since I posted. Life has been really hectic lately, I have been struggling with job issues and with credit issues. My trusty 1998 Blue Ford Explorer with 189,144 miles just died on me last week. I got a blinking check engine light and I then stalled on the [...]