Here’s a good article on preventing ID theft by not carrying stuff around in your wallet that could facilitate an ID theft. Enjoy! Hey, stay cool out there! That overstuffed wallet of yours can’t be comfortable to sit on. It’sREAD MORE
From an excellent consumer protection attorney in New York, Jay Fleischmann: http://www.consumerhelpcentral.com/heres-what-needs-to-happen-before-a-federal-student-loan-wage-garnishment-can-take-effect/?goback=%2Egde_1827774_member_130403321
A good article. The digital age gave birth to rampant identity theft. Learning more about how the thieves steal your identities is (no political or religious or moral issues intended) the very best birth control! http://shine.yahoo.com/financially-fit/prevent-identity-theft-215600267.html The latest scams toREAD MORE
I’m not going to chortle here, because I really had hoped that the lady who filed the small claims action against Honda for inflated hybrid vehicle gas mileage claims would win her appeal. But she lost. To refresh your memory,READ MORE
Debtors’ prisons were generally outlawed in our country in the 1830′s, but with corporate America flexing increasing power, they are making a return. A good thing? I think not. Corporate CEO’s never go to “debtor’s prison” when they over-borrow andREAD MORE
Dear Readers, This ran on Yahoo! Finance over the weekend. It is a good basic primer on various types of dealer fraud. What I liked about this article was that it covered a lot of the different types of dealerREAD MORE
DEBT COLLECTION ABUSES: more warnings about what you put up on Facebook, AND WHO YOU ACCEPT AS FRIENDS ON FACEBOOK, from Yahoo! Finance. 2 morals of the story: 1. Don’t accept friend requests from people you do not know, particularlyREAD MORE
I went to a luncheon last week featuring three investigators from the Glendale (Ca.) police department who specialized in investigating identity thefts. They had some great information for the crowd. Did you know, the amount of money and revenue involvedREAD MORE
I’m re-printing an article that ran inYahoo Finance today, below. Here are my tips: How to protect yourself? Smartphones: never do your banking or investing from your smartphone, and limit your credit card use from your smartphone to a singleREAD MORE
Well, I probably don’t have to tell you that the Chrysler Corp. and a quality transmission would not recognize each other if they passed on the street. Nonetheless, the new Dodge Challenger really has a doozy. It’s an eight-cylinder engine,READ MORE