Credit Watchers

Thanks for posting the orig link AstoriaLuv…..I hav been out celebrating my 3rd wedding anniversary and only saw the request now.

When a new Ohio law kicks in on Labor Day, you’ll be able to freeze your credit reports for $5 a pop. Security freezes let you “lock up” your credit report and scores, making it more difficult for an identity thief to open accounts in …

Thanks for providing that link, Astoria Luv. I didn’t find any accounts open that weren’t mine, but found it odd that one of my former addresses was incorrect. It says I lived at an address in a town I never lived in. …

It is no secret that identity theft is on the rise. Walk into any big box office supply store and you will mounds and mounds of paper shredders meant to shred your personal documents and letters making it harder for an identity thieve …

The agents sealed off all the plant’s exits, trapping workers inside, and executed a federal criminal search warrant for evidence relating to aggravated identity theft, fraudulent use of Social Security numbers and other crimes, …

The Internal Revenue Service cautions taxpayers to be on the lookout for a new wave of scams using the IRS name in identity theft emails, or phishing, that have circulated during recent months. In May and June 2008 alone, …

Stephen, South Carolina, was sentenced in federal court in Charleston for identity theft and conspiracy to make and pass counterfeit business checks. Senior United States District Judge Sol Blatt, Jr., sentenced Lessington to 121 months …

We hear about identity theft becoming more and more common, but what are we really talking about? Is my identity the sum of all the numbers that make up my address, car registration, birth date, etc? Do those figures in fact define me …

I originally posted this in a blog In May 2008, but I was reading the Cloudeight InfoAve Newsletter and saw an individual had a question about Identity Theft. Of course this deals with the United Sta.

ExpertRealEstateTips asked: Medical identity theft happens when someone starts filing medical bills in your name and collecting the payments. It’s identity theft on steriods, but there are ways to fight it. Blog Community.