by admin | Nov 13, 2018 | Uncategorized
Your credit report is one of the most important documents in your financial life. The information in your credit report as maintained by the three major credit reporting agencies, Equifax, TransUnion and Experian is used to calculate your credit score. This is used...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Scam of the day, Site Related
It is unusual here at Scamicide to discuss the same scam for multiple consecutive days, however, the massive Equifax data breach story is continually evolving, affects you and warrants such coverage. Under pressure from New York Attorney Eric Schneiderman and others,...
by admin | Dec 16, 2016 | Scam of the day, Site Related
It was just in September that I told you about a massive data breach at Yahoo affecting as many as five hundred million people, making it the largest data breach in history. However, as I often say, “things aren’t as bad as you think — they are far...
by admin | Oct 10, 2016 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Following the settlement of lawsuits brought by Illinois, Ohio and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against One Technologies, a company that offered free credit monitoring and then without the knowledge or assent of its customers charged them $29.95 per month for...
by admin | Jun 27, 2016 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Regular readers of Scamicide are probably familiar with credit freezes, but it is important to remind everyone about the benefits of this tool that is simply the best thing you can do to protect yourself from identity theft. A credit freeze is, as the name implies,...