Faceless Crime: How to Protect Yourself

by AJ McCreary, PICurrent Assistant Producer **Editors Note** Today we continue our look at internet scams and identity theft ... in making you vulnerable to credit fraud. Identity theft or Credit Fraud occurs when someone uses your personal information; name Social Security number bank information or credit card number without [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 14:22:14

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How to avoid credit card fraud!

Credit card fraud is increasing in the age of rampant identity theft ... company with specific details. Always check your credit card statements thoroughly. Report any ... purposes. Do not use multiple credit cards for making online purchases. It is better to have one credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 14:23:10

I think I have been the victim of identity theft. What can I do?

The following post in our Reader Question series is an actual user submitted question ... of the three credit bureaus and ask them to place a credit freeze on your credit report ... of a credit freeze. A fraud alert is an annotation on your credit report that lets potential lenders [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 00:33:48

Credit Card Fraud as a Business

If names like Max Butler, Jeff Norminton, Brett Johnson and Christopher Aragon don’t mean anything to you, ... Telephone Fraud Prevention Service Visa Doesn’t Like Merchants Disposable Credit Card Numbers ... and CardersMarket? Max Butler was the mastermind behind the biggest organized credit card fraud rings [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 21:22:14

How Obama's Credit Card Fraud Works..

You'll remember a piece I did a few days ago on Obama's Questionable Campaign Dollars , ... contributions by deliberately disabling the built-in safeguards that match credit card numbers ... has left the door wide open for credit card fraud by not putting inthe security measures to ensure [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 23:51:00

Money Hacks Carnival #31 — Crisis And Bailout

Well, looks like we are having a rash of carnival crises here ... at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity. 8 Money Principles To Stay Bad Debt Free at KCLau’s Money Tips ... Your Child A Millionaire! at My Family’s Money. Credit and Debt How to Put a Fraud Alert on Your Credit [more...]

Date: 2008-09-25 02:51:28

Wanna Get Away? Get Banks OK in UK

If you "wanna get away" and you live in the UK, make sure your bank nose..otherwise you'll have "slim pickin's" when it comes to payment options.. ... , when they go away, according to a recent report in the newspaper The Times.This is in the aim of combating credit card fraud, where several holiday goers found their debit or credit cards frozen [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 17:36:00

What Happens AFTER You Get Your Identity Stolen

Having your identity stolen is far more damaging than just losing money ... . Get a new license.  Close bank accounts.  Open bank accounts.  Contact all credit bureaus to freeze your credit and activate fraud alerts.  Contact the FTC and report ID theft.  Call here, email here, drive [more...]

Date: 2008-07-29 19:02:03

Naivité RevealedJanuary 14, 2009

I am angry enough that I think my fingers will have cramps after about 2 minutes from the fast and furious typing I will do ... mistakes.Keywords: Free trial.You know, in the age of credit card fraud and identity theft, I always thought I was safe. Yes, I use my credit card to order books on amazon or sign up for netflix [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 18:47:12

ONE Tip for 2009 - Identity Theft Still Rampant so Sign up for Lifelock.com

I got this email from some very close friends yesterday who were asking to spread the word about their identity thefts: ... more issues on my credit report before it is over. I am going to have to testify against the woman ... in custody. We have had credit card fraud, checks cashed, new accounts opened on line and in stores [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 19:51:24

Though national statistics are trending downward, millions of Americans still at risk for identity theft.

Fairfax Connection- Though national statistics are trending downward, identity theft remains one of the most prevalent crimes in the country ... a monthly fee to contact each of the three major credit bureaus and put a fraud alert on a client’ ... , creditors and other institutions in order to restore their credit back to its original state. The mean [more...]

Date: 2008-10-08 15:37:54

If Your Kid Loses His Wallet...

A picture of a wallet. In addition to a driver's license, teens today carry many of the same things adults carry in their wallets: credit cards, ... Commission: Cancel your credit, debit and ATM cards immediately. Get new cards with new account numbers. Call the fraud departments of the major credit reporting agencies. Ask each agency to put out [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 05:45:56

SBFC Law Group Does Wonderful Credit Repair

by Garth Dillon It’s just a fact that more people today then ever before are being left licking their wounds with bad credit. It’s the recession/depression or what ever you want to call it. The real bad deal of it all, is that as soon as the economy turns around, you will be back in the game, so your bad credit rating will be a burden. Only Frauds Claim They Can Get Rid of Bankruptcy Don’t spend a dime on some service that tells you they can wholly restore your credit. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-23 07:48:12

More miscellanous roundup--Internet spying, car fraud and more

Over at Slashdot, an item reports that Wikileaks has posted an internal British Telecom report on the secret trials of the extremely controversial ... advertising based on a user's browsing habits."FTC has a new website on telephone fraud ... the credit bureau Trans Union's (TU release) long-running and insolent violation of the Fair Credit [more...]

Date: 2008-06-05 22:00:33

No, Madoff Never Really Turned Down Money

Part of the story about the Madoff Ponzi scheme was that Madoff created this elusive, difficult-to-become-a-member club ... was he refused to take cash from people whose participation would have easily revealed the fraud ... came from Credit Suisse, when that firm and its analysts looked into Madoff’s investments, and came [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 15:00:26

Miss Singapore Ris Low Fshion Interiew with Video and Subtitles

Well, Ms Singapore, what the big hoo haaa. I heard in the papers about her credit card fraud and poor english. Her whatever issues, its does not bother me, because i dun really care, its about me.The video, with the effects, especially the people's reaction, is marvellous. caught me laughing out loud in the middle of the night.Prior to this, i only saw her face on … [more...]

Date: 2009-09-30 23:32:00

Shocked that my credit card number was stolen

Wow, this is one of things you never expect to happen to you ... the victim of credit card fraud. I presume it was skimmed by the same guys who had impersonated repair men ... and I should contact my bank. This morning I received a letter from the bank saying they had tried [more...]

Date: 2008-09-04 12:41:09

Losing Our Grip

Losing Our Grip Posted by: BillH in Economy, Culture, Politics Henry Paulson lied to Congress about TARP?  What? King Henry is a fraud?  Shocking ... to the credit crisis. According to CreditSights, a research firm in New York and London, the U.S. government ... and his counterparts Ben Bernanke at the Federal Reserve and Sheila Bair at the Federal [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 13:35:38

eCommnerce Chargebacks and Remedies

According to a recent report (Oct, 2008) by CyberSource (a leading payment & risk management services company) ... with their bank or credit/debit card provider. Sometimes the consumer dispute is untrue, and their refund claim ... . In cases of credit card fraud, the merchant loses the goods or services sold, the payment, the fees [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 07:09:50

Top 10 Scams: How to Avoid Being Victimized

1. Internet fraud The hottest medium for scams, as it is for conducting legitimate business and consumer purchases ... ). For purchases, use only credit cards as a charge back is possible on phoney transactions but make sure ... and call your bank and credit card issuers.  Have a fraud alert placed on your file including a victim [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 19:19:02

Record Price Drop on Existing Home Sales

Sales of existing homes dropped 3.1% from the prior month in October, and slipped 1.6% from the previous year. Total housing inventory fell 0.9% ... elevated, and the sooner they revert back to historic means, the better. Of course, it wouldn’ ... them warning about upward distortions of prices due to absurdly easy credit, and the appraisal fraud [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 15:48:59

FDA Impersonators Scam Online Drug Buyers

The Health Blog is beginning to feel like we’re on the cops beat ... or who were victims of credit-card fraud. Photo: iStockphoto ... by FDA Impersonators.” Say, what?!? Apparently, some bad guys are calling people and trying to talk [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 11:08:00

Credit Card Scammers Convince Cashier To Call Fake Number To Approve $8,000 Purchase [Scams]

These two guys somehow managed to make off with an $8,000 purchase at Hattiesburg Cycles in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, ... that's one highly embarrassed clerk. "Credit card fraud suspects sought" Hattiesburg American (Thanks ... by telling the cashier that they were expecting their (fake) credit card to be denied, and to call [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 02:07:46

WHAT’S THE BUZZ? TELL ME WHAT’S A HAPPENNIN’

* Russ Fox of TAXABLE TALK continues to keep us up-to-date on tax fraud in his post “More Tax Fraud” ... in fraudulent refunds involved the Earned Income Credit? * If you haven’t already done so check out my guest ... to remember that all the king's horses and men could not repair the nation's broken retirement nest [more...]

Date: 2008-11-08 11:00:00

Criminal Charges: Volume XV -- Recession-proof crimes

Some items are purchased regardless of the state of the economy ... assortment of credit card crime and fraud items shows that thieves may also focus on staple items in hard ... ) reports that on Oct. 28, the Tops shopper had her purse, containing a checkbook and credit card [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 20:07:14

Obama’s Secret Money

I find it disturbing, but not surprising that this article by Ken Timmerman has gotten no MSM notice ... check, leaving a paper trail and limiting the amount of fraud. But credit cards used to make [more...]

Date: 2008-10-01 15:30:51

Disputing Negative Information Found On Your Credit Report

Your credit report is constantly changing depending on your spending habits or especially in the event that you have become a victim of fraud ... do it yourself or hire a professional credit repair. If you choose to handle re-establishing your credit ... bureaus and the collection agency. First thing you will need to do is write a letter to the credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 20:01:24

Search Term "Tiffany replica" on top 10 Tiffany replica websites listed in google, Simple comparison was done to find out the best replica of all.

This article is for people who wants to buy Tiffany products online. It is pertinent that they are purchasing from a reliable source ... your credit card number or personal information. Online frauds are very common nowadays and one needs to know how to identify the good from the bad. Objective: To compare and see what is good and bad [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 19:47:59

moving your money to a safer bank. *Based on FDIC data from March 2008. ... » Banks and Fraud: Bank of America Better Than Expected? » More Credit Card Customers at Risk ... . Dovetailing nicely with my article on how to freeze your credit record, Ben talked [more...]

Date: 2008-07-16 10:10:35

News roundup

Here’s a list of links and news that you might find interesting: ... explored a carder’s network and credit card fraud StoreFrontBackTalk explores the differences [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 04:25:59

Major Developments in Obama Citizenship Case

November 15, 2008 in Barack Hussein Obama | Tags: 2008 Elections, Barack Obama, Bastards, Birth Certificates, Constitution, Fraud, Hoax, Immorality, ... Jay McKinnon takes credit (see context in reproduction below). Posted on Photobucket and in comments [more...]

Date: 2008-11-15 16:34:21

Ris Low Gives Up Miss Singapore World 2009 Title

Finally, newly crowned Miss Singapore World 2009 Ris Low has gave up the crown with immediate effect, few days after her conviction for credit card fraud was exposed. After discussion betw … [more...]

Date: 2009-09-30 13:17:58

The importance of PCI to MVaaS

Image via Wikipedia Compliance with the Purchasing Cardholders Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) is required for all merchants that process credit cards. Since MVaaS companies many times ... . Was this “fraud” made possible through the lax controls? The federal authorities have not determined [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 15:00:09

Debit Cards vs. Credit Cards: Fees and Fraud Protection

Posted December 23, 2008 - 05:33 by Will Chen Many financial experts suggest using debit cards instead of credit cards because in theory, you will spend less if you are only paying with money [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 21:42:04

Debit Cards vs. Credit Cards: Fees and Fraud Protection

Posted December 23, 2008 - 05:33 by Will Chen Many financial experts suggest using debit cards instead of credit cards because in theory, you will spend less if you are only paying with money [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 21:42:04

There Aren’t Necessarily Any Villains In Mortgage Collapse

Megan McArdle expresses some surprise at the small amount of fraud that’s been exposed by the collapse in the credit markets, ... chance that they might have been able to get out of their bad positions and stay solvent ... people their fund was okay the month before it went belly up. This was a bad thing, and the people [more...]

Date: 2008-11-28 15:19:33

Identity Theft 911

By Joe Farinaccio How to handle an identity theft 911 emergency Discovering you’re the victim of ID Theft is what we call an identity theft 911 ... it will take at least 200 hours to fix or repair your records (And this is IF you uncover ID fraud as soon as it happens AND begin contacting credit reporting agencies, creditors and agencies quickly [more...]

Date: 2008-08-13 11:41:28

Why no decisions by Police on electoral breaches?

The Herald reports today that the Police have rejected the NZ First complaint against the Director of the Serious Fraud Office ... on 26 August, the late Social Credit donations return on 4 Sep 2008, and a further Progressive ad [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 20:25:50

LifeLock and Identity Theft

LifeLock, one of the companies that offers identity-theft protection in the United States, has been taking quite a beating recently. They're being sued by credit bureaus, competitors and lawyers in several states ... and Accurate Credit Transactions Act, or Facta, credit bureaus were forced to allow you to put a fraud [more...]

Date: 2008-06-17 12:51:25

Danielle Steel’s Former Assistant Swipes $400K!

Holy crap! Kristy Watts, the former aide to Danielle Steel , stole $400,000 from the romance novelist. Watts worked for Steel for 15 years, primarily performing financial and accounting duties. Apparently, Watts would deposit checks from Steel’s account into her own personal accounts as well as using the writer’s credit cards for her own purchases. She has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and tax evasion. She will be sentenced on February 4th in San Francisco. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-30 00:00:30

Fraud, err Fun with Obama

Fraud, err Fun with  Obama Obama an Arab? A Muslim? So what? ... credit for breaking Obama’s foreign contribution story in an oped piece here. Examiner ... credit card than to evade U.S. election laws? Such journalistic gullibility may explain why bloggers [more...]

Date: 2008-10-15 08:23:27

It's Magic! Al Franken creates 359 votes out of thin air

Over the course of the last decade the Democratic Party has assembled an impressive history of vote fraud ... cocaine.Barack Obama's presidential campaign intentionally disabled all elements of credit-card security [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 01:13:00

MORTGAGE FRAUD PRESS RELEASE

AND NOW IT HAS HIT HOME…………….National City Mortgage, a Miamisburg, Ohio division of National City Corporation has been sued in Federal District Court, ... here in Las Vegas with Fraud, multiple Truth-in-Lending Violations, Breach of Contract, Gross ... respectively, have no credit card debt or car payments and have the best of credit. The couple can only [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 23:57:05

Why Might a Madoff Plea Deal Take Place?

Fascinating conversation today over lunch today.  It was held under Chatham House Rules, ... , referrers in his massive fraud. Once he rolls over and sings, alleging they knew (or should have known ... ; Sources: Credit Suisse Urged Clients to Dump Madoff Funds Cynthia Cotts, Katherine Burton and Elena [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 01:36:40

Lawyer and Conspirator Sentenced in Metropolitan Money Store Mortgage Fraud Scheme

Richard Allison , 38, Camp Springs, Maryland, an attorney and employee of the U.S. Census Bureau, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus to 18 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme which falsely promised to help homeowners facing foreclosure keep their homes and repair their damaged credit. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-17 09:55:48

Metropolitan Money Store Loan Processor Pleads Guilty

Katisha Fordham, 35, Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme that falsely promised to help homeowners facing foreclosure keep their homes and repair their damaged credit, announced United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 10:24:47

2nd Guilty Plea In Metropolitan Money Store Foreclosure Scam

Clifford McCall, 47, Lanham, Maryland, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme which falsely promised to help homeowners facing foreclosure keep their homes and repair their damaged credit. According to his plea agreement, McCall was president of Burroughs & Smythe Financial [more...]

Date: 2008-09-18 15:02:31

THE LIES WE LOVE

There are many such lies, but today I can only call attention to three. One is simply American; two are American and Catholic ... and priest, all practice fraud. They would repair, as though it were nought, the injury to my people ... we get the credit flowing again. Well, the great (or those whom the Brits call "the great and good") are full [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 00:11:00

Beware: Scammers Impersonating KIA Offer Fraudulent Job Opportunities

.fullpost{display:inline;}Every day con artists look for new ways to scam internet users from their money ... that could result in identity theft or possibly the misuse of bank and credit card details. Gary Tomlinson ... was not caught out, but this is a particularly callous attempt at fraud as it hits people desperately looking [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 16:39:00

3rd Defendant Pleads Guilty In Metropolitan Money Store Mortgage Fraud Scheme

Carlisha Dixon, 31, Hyattsville, Maryland, pleaded guilty to conspiracy in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme which falsely promised to help homeowners facing foreclosure keep their homes and repair their damaged credit. According to her plea agreement, Dixon was the vice president and a director of Burroughs & Smythe Financial [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 16:38:05

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