10 Ways To Protect Your Financial Identity Being Used For Someone Else’s Shopping Spree
Someone impersonating you could be spending your hard-earned money. Impossible! Not really, check, loan, and identity fraud are a real problem ... card accounts, and make sure to keep a copy of your credit cards and the toll free contact numbers ... your credit report once a year from each of the three credit bureaus to make sure [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 08:56:49
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The big "if"
Last week markets received some pretty ugly news related to employment, or the lack thereof. ADP came out with their estimate of nearly 700,000 jobs lost in December. The Bureaus of Labor Statistics released their non-farm payrolls report which included job losses of 524,000 [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 02:15:15
Recent Bankruptcy? It’s Not Impossible to Obtain a Home Loan
Because the new bankruptcy laws go into effect on October 17, 2005, more Americans than ever are filing for relief using the federal bankruptcy laws ... (unless creditors report incorrectly). By filing simple dispute letters with the three credit bureaus ... a bankruptcy. How is that possible? An example of this is Dave Olson (a fictional character). He [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 00:11:26
Credit Report can save your Finances
Are you in a desperate move to guard your account or your credit cards? Or still striving for reports to get approved from lenders? ... check about 3 major credit bureaus before approving your extension of credit or loans. That’s why ... on these bureaus and might damaged your credit standing forever! So, if you’re planning to buy a new house [more...]
Date: 2008-10-23 03:59:41
FUNDAMENTALS TO REPAIRING CREDIT
by Rob Kosberg If you have learned that you are referred to in the financial world as a “credit risk” you will want to alter this and once again be ... . There are 3 credit bureaus: Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion. You are entitled to a free report ... to break down the milestones on the way. The “credit risk” label is based on your “credit report” [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 00:19:55
The Early Bird: December 2, 2008
It's Official: Recession Is Here The National Bureau of Economic Research's conclusion that the U.S ... housing crisis is far from over. The credit reporting agency TransUnion LLC reports that the percentage ... Monday. Of the key indicators measured by the bureau, manufacturing slowed, jobs were cut, and real [more...]
Date: 2008-12-02 15:15:28
A Guide to Repairing Your Credit Score
by Mary Bush In the United States, as well as many other countries, there are laws in place allowing people to mount disputes regarding their credit reports ... goes quickly and efficiently. You just can’t call the credit bureau in disgust and start hollering [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 08:35:57
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
Swindled by the Billions
Branded as the biggest con of the history. On December 11, 2008 at 8.30 a.m, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents arrested Bernard Madoff and charged ... & World Report) = $30 M 14. Societe Generale of France = $13.7 M 15. Credit Agricole of France [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 05:00:59
Verifying Internet Information
Dear Alyice,I do a lot of Internet research and am wondering how I can be sure of the reliability of information presented on websites ... Business Bureau, industry associations, and industry experts.Does the information contradict other mainstream media, reports, statistics, etc.?Sometimes false information leaks out (think tabloids [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 19:27:00
Palin not a big draw on the lecture circuit
She quit as governor of Alaska in the middle of her term, presumably to cash in on her new-found fame as the Republican Party's first female candidate for vice president. Feisty and controversial, Sarah Palin was thought to be a magnet for moneyed interests seeking star-power speakers. But now the New York Post is reporting that Palin has been a difficult sell for the Washington Speaker's Bureau , which represents everybody from former President George W. Bush to magician David Blaine . [more...]
Date: 2009-09-30 13:43:50
U.S. Bleeding Jobs; Wall Street Doesn't Seem to Mind
On Friday, December 5, 2008 the U.S. Department of Labor reported a sharp loss of 533,000 jobs in the month of November ... to the National Bureau of Economic Research, today's recession began at December 2007. Friday's report ... that reverberated through credit markets has now debilitated the able-bodied worker. Indeed, labor [more...]
Date: 2008-12-09 12:56:06
Secondary Sources: Jobs and Recession, CPI Defense, Britain
A roundup of economic news from around the Web. Jobs and Recession: Ahead of today’s jobs report, ... , we get a recession 100% of the time.” CPI Defense: The Bureau of Labor Statistics has issued ... to the days of plucking credit cards and mortgages off trees. Sterling was overvalued [more...]
Date: 2008-09-05 16:23:00
Credit Report Contents
by Rob Kosberg If you have recently been denied credit or plan to apply for credit soon, it would be wise to obtain your credit report ... . These are: TransUnion, Equifax, and Experian. It is possible to receive a free copy of the report from each ... ) there will be a credit inquiry to one of the bureaus. If you inquire for yourself, it will be on the re [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 21:43:13
How’s My Credit? - Tips To Understanding Your Credit Score
by Christine A. Mathews When you apply for credit, one of the first things a lender will check is your credit score ... . The three major credit bureaus (Equifax, Experian, and Trans Union) all have their own way ... your credit report from each one, as sometimes mistakes are made. When that happens, you should [more...]
Date: 2008-12-20 22:07:30
Credit Repair After Bankruptcy
by Matt Douglas With a bankruptcy mark on your report your score will be lowered considerably ... . The Fair Credit Reporting Act says that any mark that can not be verified by the bureau must ... . However there is hope, you can remove this mark and by building some positive credit [more...]
Date: 2009-01-04 12:44:30
Mortgage “Ambulance Chasers”
Technology is a fabulous tool, but just like a hammer - if swung wrong results in a very soar thumb ... process we pull your credit report and discuss your plans, needs and options. Two hours later ... with the credit bureaus (TransUnion, Equifax and Experian) they’re SELLING your inquiry information [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 05:23:27
Inttroduction (3)
Credit bureaus get most of their data from creditors and collection agencies ... of a credit report usually includes names you previously used, past and present addresses, Social ... Chapter 4, Section A, for more information on the contents of a credit report.) How can I get a copy [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 04:31:36
It’s Your Credit - What Is A Good Credit Score?
posted by colin1234 by Christine A. Mathews When you apply for credit, one of the first things a lender will check is your credit score ... have. The three major credit bureaus (Equifax, Experian, and Trans Union) all have their own way of determining ... your credit report from each one, as sometimes mistakes are made. When that happens, you should [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 08:41:44
FTC's Credit Clean Sweep
The Moneysherpa Pages: FTC's Credit Clean Sweep Today, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") ... on false and misleading statements by "Credit Repair Operations." Lydia Parnes, Director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection said, "Companies that promise they are able to scrub your credit reports [more...]
Date: 2008-10-23 21:20:35
5 Important Things About Business Credit Cards
Simplify your bookkeeping and profile with the Centennial® Gold MasterCard®/Visa® * Reports monthly to 4 ... reflect on your credit report. The key to maintaining an excellent rating is to know how to manage ... Major Credit Bureaus * Low APR on purchases * All credit types welcome to apply! >>Full [more...]
Date: 2008-11-17 08:24:20
Forty ways in which the federal government failed to perform under the administration of George W. Bush, 2001-2008:
• 45 million Americans without health care • 60 percent of EPA scientists report political interference with their work • 1, ... information lost by FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration, and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 14:08:13
Do-It-Yourself Credit Repair
by Bob jones Negative comments on your credit report can cost a lot of money. You do not have to give up though, because it is never too late to repair your credit worthiness. However, bear in mind that credit repair does not happen overnight. It requires serious dedication and perseverance to start a clean slate again. How to Get Started : You should know who the three credit bureaus are and what they are saying about you. Since creditors do not have to send a report to Equifax, TransUn [more...]
Date: 2009-09-27 16:11:07
Obama Still Plans Middle Class Tax Cuts
Despite sharp criticism from some Republicans, President-elect Barack Obama is still planning to provide economic assistance to the middle class via ... economy will contract through the first half of 2009. The National Bureau of Economic Research ... that is at the root of the credit crunch probably deepened, another report due on Dec. 30 may show. The [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 17:28:20
UPDATED: File under 'opposition opportunism' and 'total lack of principle': NDP and Bloc were already in talks to form coalition
CTV is reporting on previous coalition talks between Layton's New Democrats and Duceppe's Bloc Quebecois: ... Ottawa Bureau Chief Robert Fife. Layton held a telephone-conference meeting with his caucus ... to take credit for the possibility of a coalition. "Let's just say we have strategies. This whole [more...]
Date: 2008-11-30 22:32:11
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 ... a fraud alert on their credit reports, requiring lenders to verify your identity before issuing a credit ... . They're being sued by credit bureaus, competitors and lawyers in several states [more...]
Date: 2008-06-17 13:00:02
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 ... alert on their credit reports, requiring lenders to verify your identity before issuing a credit ... . They're being sued by credit bureaus, competitors and lawyers in several states [more...]
Date: 2008-06-17 12:51:25
The Real Economic Scorecard
By Robert J. Samuelson Wednesday, September 3, 2008; Page A15 The Washington Post Just last week, the Census Bureau released its annual study of household incomes, poverty and health insurance — often called the nation’s “economic report card.” Its hard numbers seemed to confirm how many [more...]
Date: 2008-09-03 18:25:07
Magnetic Ring Attack on Electronic Locks
Posted on June 18, 2008 at 06:35 AM • 13 Comments • View Blog Reactions LifeLock and Identity Theft LifeLock, ... to allow you to put a fraud alert on their credit reports, requiring lenders to verify your identity ... quite a beating recently. They're being sued by credit bureaus, competitors and lawyers in several [more...]
Date: 2008-06-18 12:35:16
Need Health Insurance? Your Favorite Pharmacy May Be Standing In Your Way
I've told you before about the Medical Information Bureau and how it may come between you and health insurance. The MIB is like a credit reporting agency. It collects information... [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 14:00:59
Warning: Voter Registration Identity Theft Telephone Scam
As election day approaches the candidates are hard at work campaigning for the presidency, ... branch of the Better Business Bureau and the FTC put out this warning: The Federal Trade Commission, (FTC) the nation’s federal consumer protection agency, reports scammers are using the pretext [more...]
Date: 2008-08-29 11:45:39
Tuesday morning -- and we're in a recession
As Sacramento Bee reporter Dale Kasler noted in his lead paragraph this morning: "No kidding" to the news yesterday from the National Bureau of Economic Research that the country's ... that Henry Paulson and company don't know why credit markets have frozen. Is it because the banks [more...]
Date: 2008-12-02 13:54:33
Our Collapsing Economy
By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, nonfarm payroll employment declined by 3,445, ... job losses are likely understated. Noted statistician John Williams (shadowstats.com) reports ... . Williams reports the unemployment rate as it was measured prior to “reforms” designed to minimize [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 03:59:01
Free FICO Score At Equifax (No Strings)
Written on 10/02/2008 by me, Jay White, the founder of Dumb Little Man and an all around average guy ... . As you may know, Equifax is one of the 3-primary credit bureaus in the US and its score is used heavily ... (as promotions do), you can also obtain a free credit report at annualcreditreport.com. While it won't give [more...]
Date: 2008-10-02 12:12:54
Information about DNA Grandparentage Testing Posted By : Kevin Camilleri
Information about DNA Grandparentage TestingThe ABC's of Payroll Bureaus & How They Improve Company OperationsThe Finishing Touch: ... through ownership of ASC real estateQueens Landlord Ventures into NassauYour Child's First Report ... Credit Card DebtHow To Afford Repairs With Bad Credit?Get Lower Monthly Payments With Homeownership [more...]
Date: 2008-12-18 05:00:00
Reminder: 9 Months of Free Credit Scores + Monitoring
One of the three major credit bureaus, TransUnion, lost a $75 million class-action lawsuit a while back, ... unlimited daily access to your TransUnion credit report and credit score, as well as e-mail alerts when something changes. This is a good way to know when someone is pulling your credit report [more...]
Date: 2008-09-11 11:20:31
Are You On The Credit Bureau's Blacklist?
By John Rasor your credit scores are not based on personal information like race, sex, or national origin ... report make up your credit score. Pretend for a moment that you are an underwriter working through ... , and deserve this loan, right? Could you be on the credit bureaus blacklist? Since [more...]
Date: 2008-12-22 16:07:07
Report says federal government needs to consider killing wild horses
From the Associated Press RENO, Nev. -- The U.S. Bureau of Land Management needs to consider euthanizing wild horses or selling many of them to reduce spiraling costs of keeping them in long-term holding pens, said a government report Monday [more...]
Date: 2008-11-11 18:42:17
Credit Reinvestigation Procedures - Part 2
Can every bureau and/or furnisher meet this 30-day deadline? ... , one that verifies adverse data so that it remains on the credit report) places a labor burden ... that the information be deleted from the report. Furthermore, if the furnisher lends incomplete information or simply [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 07:04:30
Camdenton Mortgage Market Update: Jan 14
In this week’s radio broadcast, Andrew Conner talks about the possible risk of identity theft arising from the sharing of your mortgage and loan ... Credit Reporting Industry; or call 888-567-8688. This is a permitted re-broadcasting of a radio ... activity by the credit bureaus….. and how to opt out. Click here to view the embedded video [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 01:01:53
The Fish Standard
The Wall Street Journal's Justin Scheck reports: There's been a mackerel economy in federal prisons since about 2004, ... on unregulated trading, and, um, limits on credit: The Bureau of Prisons views any bartering among ... a maximum of 40 cents an hour, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons) or family members goes [more...]
Date: 2008-10-03 16:53:00
An Example of What the Credit Bureaus Try to Sell You
experian1 I mentioned yesterday that you can set up a quasi-credit monitoring service for yourself ( ... annual report without a credit score attached to it. This is the link you want. The second image ... ) and the offer is to give you your Experian Credit Score for “only” $5.95″!”. As I said yesterday [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 13:00:15
Do-It-Yourself Credit Repair
by Bob jones Negative comments on your credit report can cost a lot of money. You do not have to despair though, since it is never too late to repair your credit worthiness. However, bear in mind that credit repair does not take place overnight. It requires serious dedication and perseverance to start a clean slate once more. How to Get Started : You should know who the three credit bureaus are and what they are saying about you. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-21 10:01:51
Old Debts Under $100 Don't Matter Under FICO '08 [Fico]
An update to how the new FICO '08 scoring system got revamped this year: Collection ammounts where the original debt was under $100 will be totally disregarded, MarketWatch reports . Back in Feb we reported that they would still be taken into account but only matter less. Also, FICO'08 has been rolled out to all three credit bureaus since last month. Before it was only being tested at one and there was some disagreement over whether all the bureaus would accept it. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-24 17:00:00
Credit Repair The DIY Way
by Bob jones Negative remarks on your credit report can cost you serious money. You do not have to despair though, since it is never too late to make yourself credit worthy again. However, always remember that credit repair does not happen overnight. It requires serious dedication and perseverance to start a clean slate once more. How to Get Started : You should know who the three credit bureaus are and what they are saying about you. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-23 10:40:11
Do-It-Yourself Credit Repair
by Bob jones Negative comments on your credit report can cost a lot of money. You do not have to give up though, because it is never too late to repair your credit worthiness. However, bear in mind that credit repair does not happen overnight. It requires serious dedication and perseverance to start a clean slate again. How to Get Started : You should know who the three credit bureaus are and what they are saying about you. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-27 16:11:07
Credit Repair The DIY Way
by Bob jones Negative comments on your credit report can cost a lot of money. You do not have to give up though, since it is never too late to repair your credit worthiness. However, bear in mind that credit repair does not happen overnight. It requires serious dedication and perseverance to start with a clean slate again. How to Get Started : You should know who the three credit bureaus are and what they are saying about you. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-22 07:27:52
DIY Credit Repair
Negative comments on your credit report can cost you serious money. You do not have to despair though, since it is never too late to become credit worthy again. However, always remember that credit repair does not take place overnight. It requires serious dedication and perseverance to start a clean slate again. How to Get Started : You should know who the three credit bureaus are and what they are saying about you. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-21 01:20:30
DIY Credit Repair
Negative comments on your credit report can cost serious money. You do not have to give up though, because it is never too late to repair your credit worthiness. However, bear in mind that credit repair does not happen overnight. It requires serious dedication and perseverance to start a clean slate again. How to Get Started : You should know who the three credit bureaus are and what they are saying about you. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-21 01:14:53
Unknown annoying caller calling from 925-429-5083 (Concord, CA)
Frog88 reported a Unknown annoying caller (9254295083 from Concord area, CA) . The following comments were posted: Three calls today on my cell phone. No message, no ID. When concatenating all the complaints, it seems that these people sometimes "Hallmark TravelPulaski Tickets", another times a "Credit Repair Bureau", yet another a "Refinance Broker") are using the phone numbers "farmed" at the Alameda County Fair in Pleasanton in May 2009. I whish they would stop calling even after 6 months. [more...]
Date: 2009-10-01 20:20:09
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