Online Savings Account Security
October 23, 2010
Online savings accounts are convenient but how do they keep your money safe online? Most online savings accounts, whether they’re for an internet bank or online banking for your local bank, have pretty strict security standards to protect your money. Here are the things you should look for from a security perspective when choosing an [...]
Identity Theft Protection Services
October 22, 2010
Identity theft protection is one of the key points during Cyber Security Awareness month and the main focus for Protect Your Identity Week. The goal is to highlight how vulnerable your identity can be, and what you can do to protect it. Some of the things you can do to protect your identity include shredding documents [...]
Online Credit Card Protection
October 20, 2010
Credit card fraud is one of the most common forms of identity theft reported in the United States each year. Here are five strategies you can use to help protect and monitor your credit card number online. 1) Virtual Credit Card NumbersSome of the best credit cards for shopping online offer virtual account numbers that help you [...]
Identity Theft Action Plan
October 19, 2010
If you’re a victim of identity theft or think you might be here’s a checklist of actions to take to help contain any damage caused by the identity theft. But before we get started let me suggest you devise a solid organizational plan for all of the paperwork and correspondence you are about to process. [...]
Identity Theft Protection Week
October 18, 2010
Identity theft costs individuals and companies millions of dollars each year but if you haven’t been a victim then it’s probably not something you think about that often. Unfortunately even if you haven’t been a direct victim, the costs of identity theft are often passed onto you by the companies that end up footing the [...]
Preventing College Student Identity Theft
August 25, 2009
Identity theft probably isn’t the primary concern of most college students heading off to school this fall, however, college campuses can be big targets of identity theft. With so many people living together in such close quarters it can be a hot spot for thieves and dishonest students to take advantage of other unsuspecting students. [...]
Credit Card Identity Theft In Action (Maybe)
March 5, 2009
Credit card fraud isn’t a new experience for me, I’ve had people steal my credit card number and spend hundreds of dollars on it before. Cleaning up the mess was a major pain, which is why I groaned when I recently received the letter below from Bank of America’s Global Consumer Fraud Prevention department: “We [...]
Equifax ID Patrol Review – A Good Choice to Monitor Your Credit Reports and Protect Your Identity?
August 9, 2008
Equifax’s ID Patrol, a new identity theft protection and credit monitoring service, launched recently and I used a promotion code to sign up for a free trial. I’m a big fan of credit monitoring services, as you could probably tell from my True Credit review, especially if they offer identity theft protection as part of [...]
True Credit Review – How I Use the Credit Score & Credit Report Monitoring Service
July 19, 2008
What is True Credit? True Credit is a credit monitoring service that allows you to check your reports and scores from all three credit bureaus each month. Do you really need to monitor your credit reports? Well, depending on who you ask this service is either a valuable lifeline or a total and complete waste [...]
Identity Theft – Stealing Your Identity So They Can Break the Law
July 13, 2008
Identity theft victims can have their credit ruined or even end up in jail as the result of having their personal information stolen. Stolen Identity Can Mean Jail Time Imagine being pulled over for a broken tail light only to end up being hauled off to jail because there’s a warrant out for your arrest that [...]
