You’ve been waiting for it all year: surreptitiously checking airfare at work, grilling friends about the best hotels and restaurants or cruising cruise schedules.
Obviously you’ve given a lot of thought to your vacation, but did you ever think someone could steal your identity while you travel?
We got ya covered with a five-minute solution. (more…)
Imagine walking confidently onto a car lot to buy a car for your college-age son. You make an enviable salary, and have always paid your bills on time. Now imagine being turned down for the purchase because of your awful credit.
That’s what happened to Brazoria County District Attorney Jeri Yenne. The dealer explained the problem arose because she defaulted on the $17,000 loans for the two cars she bought in 2008. (more…)
With the FTC’s announcement that 10 million Americans became identity theft victims in 2008, you might be wondering how to protect yourself. You have three options: Do-it-yourself, credit monitoring or comprehensive identity theft services. (more…)
Two weeks ago members of an international identity theft and forged credit card syndicate were able to boast of the $15 million they netted from for their efforts within the past year.
But now it’s the office of the Queens district attorney that’s doing the boasting after a huge bust last week in New York. (more…)
There are life-changing moments when time seems frozen, when the mind races, tripping over itself as it tries to make sense of what’s happening.
A loan for a son’s or daughter’s first car is denied because a parent’s credit score has taken a precipitous dive. A bill collector calls demanding payment on a hospital bill in another state. A woman hands her license and registration to a traffic cop, never dreaming that within minutes she’ll be handcuffed and arrested on outstanding warrants.
Those are the moments of discovery for most identity theft victims. (more…)
A gang of identity thieves has robbed more than 250 victims of more than $500,000 by inserting skimmers and mounting cameras on Staten Island ATMs. (more…)
LexisNexis, the international information repository behemoth, is sending out 40,000 letters this week to notify the individuals whose personal and financial information was accessed in a years-old data breach.
An additional 300 identities are known to have been stolen and used to open fraudulent credit card accounts. Because of the extensive data retained by LexisNexis, the other 40,000 consumers are, of course, also at risk of becoming identity theft victims as well. (more…)
Anyone who’s ever gotten a driver’s license knows how hellishly boring the state office for such services can be. Well, the semi-comatose Georgia residents waiting in line at the Cordele office of Georgia Department of Driver Services got a welcome break in the tedium when nine people were busted there for being part of an identity theft ring. (more…)
