Watch Out for Possible Credit Card Scams
I am constantly amazed by the creativity of thieves when it comes to ways to scamming people ... card. Bad Photography A lady paid by using my Visa Check Card, and the young man behind ... will be so much better. Currently in the United States, the credit card companies take the burden off [more...]
Date: 2008-10-30 15:25:07
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Wealthy In Spite Of Themselves
Regarding the Madoff scandal, Chuck writes: “I can’t help thinking how similar it is to the characters who invested with the “playboy” version of Francisco D’Anconia, because he “knew how to make money.” They did no research into the actual projects they were investing in [more...]
Date: 2008-12-27 21:14:09
The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)
The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) posted on January 11th, 2009 No matter what many credit counseling scam artists may try to tell you, ... . That is perfectly legal, and can be done at NO cost to you. In fact, anything that a credit repair company ... no one can legally remove any information that is up-to-date and accurate from your credit report [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 07:08:41
Pay-in-Advance Credit Offers
Pay-in-Advance Credit Offers Posted by: admin on January 8th, 2009 Today’s post continues from where I left yesterday Pinaki Ghosh The Bait: ... or credit card, or repair your bad credit even though banks have turned you down is the ultimate bait here ... just in case. If you have paid a fee in advance for the promise of a loan or credit card, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 06:50:58
News and Commentary
Children Heavily Represented Among 917 Dead, Say Officialsby Michael Jansen - Irish Times / Common DreamsHealth officials in Gaza said yesterday that the Palestinian death toll since Israel began its offensive against the Strip on December 27th had reached 917 and the number of wounded 4,100 [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 08:42:00
Bad Credit Repair Tips & Advice
When it comes to trying to get a new car or a new house, there is nothing worse than having bad credit ... , there is such a thing as Bad Credit Repair. Starting Off Smart Of course, the best thing to do is to avoid getting ... is now to repair your credit profile so that when you need the help of a loan or credit card [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 00:22:09
FAIR CREDIT REPORTING ACT: FOR CONSUMERS
by Rob Kosberg Consumers will find information about their rights in the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Please go to www.ftc ... There is much information on your credit report regarding your financial picture. Even though most ... on your credit report is negative information that can be proved to be true. When you do the comparison [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 12:18:02
2006 list of tax scams released by irs
Every year, the IRS i ues a list of tax scams. The goal is to alert taxpayers to the lack of merit of certain strategies as also as letting everyone know the IRS will not accept them. 2006 Scams The IRS has kicked out its a ual list of highly dubious tax scams for 2006. Promoters often make these strategies sound credible, nonetheless [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 01:47:47
200+ Tools for Surviving the Economic Crisis
With Wall Street’s recent decline and the economy in such an uncertain place, many people are fearful of losing their jobs and lifelong investments ... in that it aggregates your different accounts from banks and credit cards, lets you budget and also [more...]
Date: 2008-10-16 22:24:58
Danger Signs of Bad Credit Repair Companies
By: John Rasor If you are considering legitimate credit repair and restoration, then good for you ... Organizations Act state that credit restoration companies cannot charge you fees until after they’ve completed ... out there that promise ridiculous results. Beware of credit repair companies that ask you to pay [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 19:35:54
Wiping out my savings is one thing. Wiping out Bubbie and Zadie's is something else entirely
the now-famous video of me and Madoff and his employee Josh Stampfli misses. All that talk in the video about how Madoff makes money and what his dealings with the SEC are like relates to his brokerage business, which was a pillar of the Nasdaq system and was, as far as anybody knows at this point, on the up and up [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 12:04:47
Madoff Scam: "He’s a person of integrity..."
A: Waking up this morning here to plenty of news; Senate votes down auto bailout as Harry Reid states "No more talks on auto bailout..." & Bernard Madoff admits to employees of running a $50Bln Ponzi Scheme, using new principal from new investors to pay out returns to existing investors [more...]
Date: 2008-12-12 14:24:37
MySscan.com
MySscan.com Threat Level: MySscan.com is a scam site that runs a “free” system scan. What a deal. Only the scan is fake, and MySscan.com tells you you’re infected with spyware that doesn’t exist, and pops up false security alerts to trick you into buying rogue anti-spyware for about $50 [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 19:00:23
NYT ~ The End of the Financial World as We Know It
AMERICANS enter the New Year in a strange new role: financial lunatics. We’ve been viewed by the wider world with mistrust and suspicion on other matters, but on the subject of money even our harshest critics have been inclined to believe that we knew what we were doing [more...]
Date: 2009-01-04 21:15:08
If You Have Bad Credit, Can You Still Get A Mortgage?
“If you have bad credit, can you still get a mortgage?” Generally speaking - no. Or maybe I should say “not until you fix your credit” ... Questions About Credit Repair Companies Do credit repair programs cost money? Yes. How much do credit ... . Fix your credit? How does that work? The truth is, I don’t really know (how [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 23:32:50
FAIR CREDIT REPORTING ACT: FOR CONSUMERS
by Rob Kosberg Consumers will find information about their rights in the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Please go to www.ftc ... and consumer rights. There is much information on your credit report regarding your financial picture ... that is permitted to remain on your credit report is negative information that can be proved to be true [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 18:19:21
Lastest News in Credit Card Debt - Dec 29, 2008
What you need to know about credit cards - Everett Herald 29 Dec 2008 at 1:46am The new year is a good time to begin new practices, ... handling your credit card differently, because in a year and a half the credit card industry must change … Credit card companies face more woes - Reuters UK 29 Dec 2008 at 3:19am NEW YORK (Reuters [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 11:54:06
An Economic Education In Florida
WJXT Jacksonville reports from Florida. “In the latest byproduct of the widening global financial crisis, Citigroup Inc ... and they paid a fortune for it.”’ “On his May 2007 conference call, Thompson said that ‘credit quality [more...]
Date: 2008-09-30 14:00:35
Credit Scams: Part 1 – Credit Reports
Credit Scams: Part 1 – Credit Reports This is part one of a two part guest post from Debt Lead, ... in your credit file. The credit repair scam artists who run these ads can’t deliver. Only time, a deliberate ... you understand credit reports so you can be an informed consumer, while part 2 looks at credit repair [more...]
Date: 2008-06-19 15:32:02
Ecard.exe
Ecard.exe Threat Level: Ecard.exe is a Trojan you can download from spam that links to a scam site. Ecard.exe gets linked to from a fake 123Greetings.com email, subject line “Hello, Dear Friend !” Sounds friendly, right? Wrong. Although, Ecard [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 23:52:14
Credit Scams: Part 2 - Different Credit Repair Scams and False Claims
This is part two of two part guest post from Debt Lead, who has a debt consolidation website by Kimberly Credit Counseling. If you’ve missed part one on credit reports, click here. The credit repair scam artists ... credit repair scams that are circulating newspapers, television, magazines and radio. Credit [more...]
Date: 2008-06-20 15:30:42
Explainer: How the Senate Rescue Bill Is Different
Explainer: How the Senate Rescue Bill Is Different By Ben Pershing Two days after the House failed to pass a financial rescue bill, sending the stock market into free fall, the Senate will take its own shot tonight by voting on a measure with extra sweeteners designed to attract additional votes [more...]
Date: 2008-10-01 17:10:57
Millions at risk of foreclosure fraud
Angela Carter outside the Chicago home she may lose because, she says, she fell for a foreclosure rescue scam. ( ... . The problem is so bad that in Portland, Ore., local police now automatically send a letter [more...]
Date: 2008-09-22 09:00:00
Less oil, less credit: Forecasts 2009, Part II
We’ll turn around early in 2009 and discover that we are a much poorer nation than we thought because from now on credit will be extremely hard to ... is over. Credit cards are maxed out and credit ceilings are lowering like the ceiling in “The Pit [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 15:50:42
Recognizing a Credit Repair Scam
by David Wada Companies target consumers with poor credit histories all the time, ... a credit repair offer, here’s 6 simple ways to tell if the company behind it is up to no good: * The company wants you to pay for credit repair services before they provide any services. Under the Credit [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 04:06:09
Swindle
Wall Street is a criminal enterprise based on a confidence scam so it should be no surprise that the swindle continues unabated ... . That was the firm’s sixth troubled quarter since the credit crisis began. Merrill was among the most [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 18:25:49
Repairing Damaged Credit Scores: How to Raise Your Score 120 Points
A bad credit score can affect so many different areas of a person’s life, and makes life far more difficult than if you had a good credit score ... of conflicting information out there about how to repair your credit score ... , there are definite ways you can repair your damaged credit score quickly, and 120 points or more isn’ [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 22:24:09
Choosing a Credit Repair Company
Selecting a credit repair company to help you improve your credit score is a big decision. A typical credit repair service will cost you a few hundred dollars and will take up to a year to complete their service. Choosing the wrong credit repair company can end up wasting money [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 18:23:12
The Trillion Dollar Head Fake
The Trillion Dollar Head Fake Posted by HughS Published: January 15, 2009 - 7: ... ) and contains gems like: 1) "$150,000,000 for repair, revitalization, and alteration of facilities ... floodplain easements as authorized by section 403 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978". Save a Poor [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 23:17:28
Credit Repair Help Scamming Both Investors and Homeowners
While there are a few legitimate credit repair help, there are more scams in the credit repair industry. When a homeowner is in foreclosure, his or her credit is totally destroyed. A credit repair agency can come along and offer the solution to repair credit. The homeowner in distress cannot think [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 02:16:39
It Is Possible to Repair Your Credit After Bankruptcy
By Mary Bush If you declare bankruptcy, be prepared for it to show on your credit record for a minimum of 10 years ... at your credit repair after bankruptcy. Believe it Or Not- Get A Loan Hard to believe, but often the best thing you can do for your credit repair after bankruptcy is to get a loan and pay it off. The loan [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 08:49:36
Five Reverse Home Mortgage Scams to Watch Out For
Five Reverse Home Mortgage Scams to Watch Out For Posted by Dark Spider at January 7, 2009 By all accounts, reverse home mortgage growth is set to explode. Baby boomers are reaching retirement and, for most, home equity makes up the largest part of their nest egg [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 00:07:52
It Is Possible to Repair Your Credit After Bankruptcy
by Mary Bush If you declare bankruptcy, be prepared for it to show on your credit record for a minimum of 10 years ... at your credit repair after bankruptcy. Believe it Or Not- Get A Loan Hard to believe, but often the best thing you can do for your credit repair after bankruptcy is to get a loan and pay it off. The loan [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 20:58:04
Tubeplayer.ver.6.exe
Tubeplayer.ver.6.exe Threat Level: Tubeplayer.ver.6.exe is a Trojan created to pimp fake anti-spyware software, like Antivirus 2009. You probably caught Tubeplayer.ver.6.exe from a file-sharing network or site, and you may already know: Tubeplayer.ver.6 [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 21:22:32
Astrum Antivirus Pro 3.6
Astrum Antivirus Pro 3.6 Threat Level: Astrum Antivirus Pro 3.6 is the latest fake antispyware software. You probably got infected with Astrum Antivirus Pro 3.6 through a Trojan posing as a video codec. Like other scamware, Astrum Antivirus Pro 3 [more...]
Date: 2008-12-26 22:53:02
Antivirus XP Pro
Antivirus XP Pro Threat Level: Antivirus XP Pro — AKA AntivirusXP Pro — is more fake antivirus/anti-spyware software. You can thank a Trojan or scam website for installing Antivirus XP Pro onto your computer [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 00:12:05
“Your craigslist posting” email
“Your craigslist posting” email Threat Level: ... Craigslist and any related credit card companies. You might need to close your accounts. Whenever you see [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 02:44:50
Watch Out For Credit Repair Scams
July 30, 2009 | By Rodger Strouden In Finance | by Tawana RashingYou’ve probably heard or seen a ton of credit repair advertisements promising perfect credit reports in months. They typically use language such as ?Credit problems? No problem!? and ?Erase your bad credit, 100% guaranteed.’ Unfortunately, these promises are not only impossible, but usually illegal as well.The bad news is – any company claiming credit repair is that easy is a scam, plain and simple. [more...]
Date: 2009-07-30 09:50:09
Credit clean-up
"I really enjoyed reading your article about credit repair companies offering false hopes and essentially scams to consumers," ... on your credit report. Credit repair companies can negoitate a repayment plan and might even get fees removed ... of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection said, "Companies that promise they are able to scrub your credit [more...]
Date: 2008-10-27 19:40:13
Credit Repair Attorneys: The Things You Must Look for to Avoid Getting Scammed
by Ben and Casey Fixing your credit is not a pleasant experience. There are basically two ways of going about the credit repair process. Many people believe they can save money by choosing to fix their own credit only to discover the process is much more involved than they expected. This is because they are trying to save a few dollars by going the inexpensive route. Unfortunately you may discover that repairing bad credit is one of those projects that only appears easy. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-10 20:12:30
Recognizing a Credit Repair Scam
by David Wada Everyday, companies target consumers who have poor credit histories with promises to clean up their credit report so they can get a ... and someone else has your money. If you see a credit repair offer, heres how to tell if the company behind it is up to no good: * Before they provide any credit repair services, the company wants [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 06:24:58
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