By Teri Newton
I recently became one of the 9 million people to become victim to identity theft this year in the United States. Much of what I have learned in the last few weeks I share to spark outrage at what is becoming more and more common and also to share what you can and […]

This is a bit scary. Banks not following basic advice to shred any information that could be used by identity thieves. Some people went through the trash of several Chase banks and found forms that identified persons with names, address, social security numbers, account numbers, user names, temporary passwords and more. You would think that […]

I’m not sure whether I should be amused or horrified by this post. Either way, it goes to show that you should not place your trust in a paid for credit card identity theft monitoring system. The article is written by John Hargrave who also wrote the credit card prank where he signed his name […]

By Amy L. Fontinelle
Yesterday, I was reading my email and one was from a friend who had just had her purse stolen in a drive-by purse snatching. While losing the money in the purse is definitely both maddening and frustrating, it’s much of the other stuff that is in there that could become a pain […]

While there has been quite a bit of discussion regarding whether or not using your neighbors wireless is ethical, those that allow their wireless systems to be used without protection might want to give a second thought to that decision. It’s not the neighbor they need to worry about, but those looking to steal and […]

I had an interesting conversation with a friend this evening. He had read an article that suggested that instead of signing the back of your credit card, you instead place “Check ID” in place of the signature. The theory goes that if someone got hold of your credit card, when they purchased something and the […]

So what information do you have stored on your cell phone? Are there secrets or financial information that you wouldn’t want anyone else to know about? If there are, you might want to think twice before selling or recycling you phone.
Even if you take the precaution to erase all the information on your cell […]

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I just signed into my Paypal account this morning to see that Paypal has teamed up with Equifax to offer free Equifax Credit Alerts to all US based Paypal users. Credit Alerts systems are basically an “early warning system” that something strange may be going on with your credit report. Equifax will monitor […]