Monday, December 20th, 2010
Due to the fact that identity theft is so rampant – with about 10 million victims a year – a lot of financial institutions are stepping up their security methods in order to help prevent identity theft. Here are some of the things they are doing, that go beyond ...
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Tuesday, December 14th, 2010
It’s no secret that identity theft can cause a consumer a lot of problems. He has to contact creditors to report the crime and change his or her account information, she has to try to get the money back that the thief has spent, and he has to work ...
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Sunday, October 31st, 2010
Unfortunately, and increasingly more so in recent years, identity theft has become more and more common. This means that someone can take personal data of yours and under the pretense that they are in fact yourself, can obtain credit with your name. This can all happen entirely unbeknown to yourself ...
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Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
In further proof that identity theft can happen to anyone, foreclosure counselor Robert Mitchell, whose job partly entails telling people to vigilantly check their credit reports, was victimized late last year. Mitchell told the Charleston, SC, Post and Courier he was denied a loan due to an unpaid utility ...
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Tuesday, October 5th, 2010
The so-called Red Flag Rules, designed to help protect consumers from identity theft, have been postponed four times so far. This has at least one reporter, Dave Lieber of Texas’ Star-Telegram, wondering if the interests of businesses are being held to a higher regard than our own personal security. ...
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