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When it comes to identity theft, you can't entirely control whether you will become a victim. But there are certain steps you can take to minimize recurrences. The first and possibly most important...
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Different laws determine your legal remedies based on the type of bank fraud you have suffered. For example, state laws protect you against fraud committed by a thief using paper documents, like stole...
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This is a small matter but one that I felt had to be included somewhere in this document. Many days do we all receive that chain letter in our email inbox. Just like when you receive them at home, you...
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If you have trouble opening a new checking account, it may be because an identity thief has been opening accounts in your name. Chex Systems, Inc., produces consumer reports specifically about checkin...
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How Are These Companies Getting My Email Address? A company can give your email address to an affiliate of theirs when you give it out, but that is not the only way that a company can get your emai...
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You might think this would be the easiest part of combating identity theft, but it really isn’t. Think about it. The thief was allowed to pose as you, how do the companies know that you’...
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Unfortunately, the most common way people find out they are victims of identity theft is when the damage is already done. One victim tells the account of how she found out her information had been...
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Here are some strategies to protect your social security number: Assume an active policy of not sharing your SSN unless you are convinced that it is needed or is to your own benefit. If the perso...
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The three major credit reporting agencies: Equifax – www.equifax.com P.O. Box 740250 Atlanta, GA 30374-0250 (800) 525-6285 Experian – www.experien.com P.O. Box 1017 Allen, TX ...
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If an identity thief has established phone service in your name, is making unauthorized calls that seem to come from and are billed to your cellular phone, or is using your calling card and PIN, conta...
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For all of the things that you can try to do that do not work for getting rid spam, there are in fact, some that do work. The best thing to try and remember is that you will never really be able to co...
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In the Internet age, hackers are becoming more and savvier in manipulating the Internet to obtain information from users. This might make you very scared to do any business online at all, but there a...
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The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act prohibits debt collectors from using unfair or deceptive practices to collect overdue bills that a creditor has forwarded for collection, even if those bills don...
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As the section above mentioned briefly, there are plenty of spam scams going on out there. These are spam emails that come to you and request money or donations to various charities and such. These...
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It’s more than a simple impersonation of someone. You’ve heard of people impersonating a police officer, or the girl who claimed to be Jessica Simpson’s personal assistant and secur...
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