Ever tried to return an item but didn’t have a receipt? Tried to prove you made a payment on a bill when your credit card company said otherwise? Tried to get a mortgage? Gone through an IRS audit? How about repairing your credit? The tip to success in all these situations is having good documentation [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Identity Theft'
Documentation and Organization Are Keys To Credit Repair Success
September 24th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Credit Repair, Debt Settlement, Identity Theft, Legal Stuff, Mortgages
Tags: agreements·certified mail return receipt requested·credit bureau·Credit Repair·CRRR·Debt Settlement·dispute letters·documentation·Mortgage·organization·progress·receipts·success
Screen Potential Roomates Carefully or Your Credit May Suffer
September 18th, 2009 · No Comments · Identity Theft
Memories of the times of my life when I had a roomate always bring a smile to my face. The first time, in college, sharing late-night pizzas and stories of the evening’s events forgotten in the daze created by 10 cent beers at the local pub. Later, when I bought my first house and the extra cash [...]
Tags: credit·Credit Score·damage credit score·id theft·roomates and identity theft·screen roomates·steal personal information
“Operation Get Rich or Die Tryin” May Break World Record for Consumer Data Theft
September 1st, 2009 · No Comments · Banking, Identity Theft
In an achievement “clearly” worth being proud of, Albert “Segvec” Gonzalez may be the new world record holder for stealing debit and credit card information. Gonzales, a 28 year old man from Miami, Florida, was indicted last week for conspiring to hack into computer networks supporting a number of major American retail and financial organizations, and [...]
Tags: Albert Gonzalez·computer hackers·Credit Cards·Identity Theft·Segvec·SQL injection attack·stealing credit card information·stealing debit and credit card information
What is Your Risk For Identity Theft? Check Your “ID Score” for Free!
June 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · Identity Theft
Consumers have yet another number tagged to their financial and personal lives, dubbed their “ID Score”. According to a recent article in Smartmoney, this score is become a popular measure for businesses from car dealers and banks to utilities and wireless service providers. Similar to how a credit score formulates a number designed to predict [...]
Tags: ID score·ID scoring industry·identity fraud·Identity Theft·My ID Score·risk of identity theft
