Seattle Firm Suing Texas Debt-Resolution Company Today's down economy and credit squeeze has more and more people looking for help in resolving their problems with debt. The largest debt-resolution company in the country is called Credit Solutions, but many...
July 2008 Archives
The Federal Reserve Board and two other federal banking agencies have released a proposed rule that aims to reform some of the most unfair credit card tricks. But this important new rule of fair play is just a proposal. ...
Information about some current and former employees of Anheuser-Busch was stolen during a recent burglary at a company office in St. Louis, according to a statement. Several laptops were stolen during the burglary and one contained password-protected, encrypted information...
Insurance benefit letters sent to wrong addresses by Blue Cross and Blue Shield reveal claim histories, open door to ID theft. Georgia's largest health insurer sent an estimated 202,000 benefits letters containing personal and health information to the wrong...
NEW LONDON - A Connecticut College library system was breached by hackers apparently looking to set up chat rooms or send spam e-mails, the school reported Friday. The hackers broke into two servers holding data for a consortium of...
Earlier posts have talked about underground chat rooms and websites that are frequented by thieves who sell your your personal information such as credit card numbers, Social Security Numbers, birth dates, drivers license numbers and more. These bits of identifying...
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - Some unsuspecting residents are on the receiving end of some phony phone calls that could leave their bank accounts dry. Identity thieves are posing as UPS workers but the only thing they're delivering is deception....
38 accused in identity theft scheme Ring stole more than $230,000 over 14 months More than three dozen people have been indicted in what Fort Bend County authorities said was a fraud and identity theft ring that stole more than...
A woman in Taunton, Massachusetts killed herself after faxing a letter to the mortgage company saying that she would be dead by the time they foreclosed on her home. Police said 53-year old Carlene Balderrama fatally shot herself with...
We've all heard the reports. Illegal immigration costs the country billions of dollars each year. How much does it cost you personally? How do you think we should handle immigration reform?Listen to opposing viewpoints and you decide... Part I...
The phone rings, you pick it up, and the caller identifies himself as an officer of the court. He says you failed to report for jury duty and that a warrant is out for your arrest. You say you...
Rapper DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, was arrested in a Phoenix mall Saturday and charged with identity theft in relation to a hospital visit, police said. Simmons gave a false name and Social Security number to a...
UMD Released Students' Social Security NumbersThe University of Maryland said Thursday they accidentally released the addresses and social security numbers of thousands of students. The University of Maryland's Department of Transportation Services sent all students, a total of more...
A glitch in a test version of Facebook's Web site inadvertently exposed the birthdays of Facebook's 80 million members this week. The bug was discovered over the weekend by Sophos Senior Technology Consultant Graham Cluley. While checking out Facebook's new...
When you update your profile on social networking sites such as Facebook, are you helping thieves to empty your bank account? Or ruin your credit? A Baltimore teen learned the hard way about some of the new ways private...
A rash of ATM thefts have been taking place in many cities. It seems teams of organized criminals are installing "skimming" equipment and cameras on legitimate bank ATM's to steal both your ATM card number and the PIN needed...
Have you ever woken up in the middle of the night trying to remember if you paid a bill? What if you woke up because you knew you did? Are you dealing with abusive debt collectors? Are you being...
"Skimming" is one of the newest ways thieves have found to steal your information from credit and debit cards. For as little as a hundred bucks, criminals can purchase card readers to use as a handheld device or installed into...
Elderly man says he's an ID theft victim: A 72-year-old man was arrested on a 12-year-old warrant out of Miami-Dade County Florida. Only the lawyer for Cosmo Ricci Jr. said he wasn't in any where near Florida in 1996,...
Speeding In Maryland Could Be Hazardous to Your Identity If you've ever received a traffic ticket in Maryland, your name, birthday, Social Security number and address may be posted on the Maryland state Web site for anyone to find....
Identity Theft Protection for Lost SSN Numbers of Children (SEE important UPDATE below) TN-It's going to cost tax payers hundreds of thousands of dollars to help protect the identity of thousands of students.Williamson county school officials say they will provide...
At the same time Florida State University is warning students to avoid the "Credit Card Monster" (see video below) the university is funneling their names and addresses to credit card giant Bank of America. The bank then uses that...
The Consumer Warning Network released a stunning video that has a former EMC employee reciting an inside story that paints a picture of why so many people can't get their loan out of default and why some people lost homes...
The Identity Theft Resource Center's latest report indicated reported data breaches for the first half of 2008 hit an all time high - 342 as of June 27th. Here is a list of reported losses during the first ten days of this...
Verizon Wireless has agreed to pay $21 million to settle a lawsuit filed by California customers upset with the company's early termination fees, a lawyer on the case said Wednesday. Many details of the settlement still need to be...
Harvard's Elizabeth Warren is an outspoken critic of consumer lenders. Listen to her interview on Fresh Air from WHYY. Hear why it is so important to review your credit reports and make sure they are error free...good luck with that one!...
This week on SpotLight meet a man who's courage and remarkable determination is an inspiration to all that meet him Eric Drew was in the hospital fighting for his life with a usually terminal cancer when he soon started...
Consumer advocates say regulation of the credit card industry has long been without teeth. But as card holders struggle under the weight of big balances, high interest rates and fees, their pleas to lawmakers for help may well mean that...
A research study that reviewed the use the 'free" credit reports in internet marketing was prepared last year by Robert Mayer as consultant and advisor to Consumer Reports WebWatch. In light of the recent string of articles about the use...
This site and blog are being upgraded and in doing so some of the links were broken.We are in the process of fixing this problem -and all links should resume working soon...We apologize for any inconvenience....
Have you signed away your rights without knowing it? Are the cards stacked against you? Tune into Spotlight: Thursday July 3rd @ 1:00 PM -2:30 PM EDTIra Rheingold, Executive Director and General Counsel of the National Association of Consumer Advocates...
To my dismay my name continues to be used deceptively, purposely and for profit -without my knowledge or permission. This discovery has brought about this latest article from my colleague, Jim Malmberg of ACCESS. LifeLock, A New Lawsuit, And A...
The Identity Theft Resource Center's latest report indicates the breach meter of reported data breaches for the first half of 2008 hits 342 as of June 27th. 2008 Data Breach count is 69% greater than 2007(Jan 1 through June 27)...
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