Beware of “Fishy” Emails…. Protect Yourself Against Identity Theft

By:  LINDSEY O’NEILL, ESQ. I get them all the time - those pesky emails that appear to come from my bank, credit card company, ... confidential information so they can run up bills on your credit cards, take out loans, obtain new credit ... fraud alerts on your credit files. Monitor your credit files and account statements closely. • Report [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 13:42:02

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Countrywide Sends Fraud Alert Letters: 'Your Info May Have Been Sold' [Countrywide]

A Countrywide customer emailed to tell us he received a unpleasant surprise in the mail today: ... on to say they will give you 2 years of Triple Advantage credit report monitoring for free ... understand why temporary free credit monitoring is always the go-to remedy every time a company [more...]

Date: 2008-09-09 22:57:49

Millions being notified after online banking malware exploit

On Dec. 2, traffic to certain online bill payment websites operated by CheckFree was redirected to a website in Ukraine capable of infecting users’ ... malicious software and two years of credit monitoring service.  The company has notified the Federal ... of financial electronic commerce services and products. How many victims? 160,000 users [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 22:21:52

freecreditreport.com scam exposed AGAIN

I've often written about the freecreditreport.com scam. The website is run by the credit bureau Experian. Over at Smartmoney ... being locked into the $14.95/month credit report monitoring service that the company sells is down ... to the government-mandated annualcreditreport.com site where you can get an actual free credit report required [more...]

Date: 2008-12-07 12:49:45

Interesting Reads 26 Sep 2009

Here is a video of Buffet praising a Chinese suit company I found this week. I thought this was pretty interesting because it looks like Buffet doesn’t wear any other suits these days, so their suits must be really good or at least really good value for money. On to some other great posts this week: Savings Account Rates: The Latest on High Returns @ The Digerati Life Credit Monitoring Services check your credit report @ The Smarter Wallet Understanding Marginal Tax Rates @ M is [more...]

Date: 2009-09-26 14:05:47

Using TrustedID to Stop Identity Theft

ID theft is a rapidly increasing crime and there are several companies that are ready to help you not be a victim. These ID theft protection services essentially lock down your credit report so that you are notified whenever a new credit account is opened in your name. These companies also monitor various [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 06:35:12

FISA for dummies

i guess golden boy brought it up first on this blog (to his credit, i think the problem was a misleading NYT article) ... telecom company refused to comply with the National Security Agency's monitoring requests [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 22:51:00

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