by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 16, 2019 | Scam of the day
I have been telling you about credit freezes for children since last September when a new federal law went into effect that permits consumers to freeze and unfreeze their credit reports for free. You can now freeze and unfreeze your credit at each of the major credit...
by admin | Jun 17, 2018 | Scam of the day
Child identity theft has grown as a problem in recent years. According to a recently released report from Javelin Strategy and Research, a million American children became victims of identity theft last year at a cost of 2.6 billion dollars in total losses to the...
by admin | Mar 19, 2018 | Scam of the day
In recent years, children have been a prime target of identity thieves who, if they are able to get identifying information on a child such as the child’s Social Security number, can open a credit report on behalf of the child and obtain credit in the...
by admin | Sep 8, 2017 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Yesterday Equifax, one of three major credit reporting agencies announced that it had been victimized by a data breach between mid May and July that resulted in personal information of approximately 143 million Americans being stolen. To put this number into...
by admin | Mar 24, 2017 | Scam of the day, Site Related
JobLink, which is a database managed by Job Link Alliance, maintains online databases that connects employers with job seekers. JobLink is used by the state governments of Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Maine, Oklahoma and Vermont. It has...
