Its important to check your credit report because your credit report is a key element of your financial CV, which lenders look at when they decide what kind of deal to offer you – or whether to turn you down. It’s also an invaluable source of information that can help to put you in control [...]
Continued from Part 1 of 10 Reasons To Check Your Credit Report… 7. You can make sure that no lender has misinterpreted a request for information as a full application. Multiple applications in a short period of time can make other lenders worry that you’re desperate for money or even fear that a fraud is [...]
We have all heard about identity theft protection companies such as LifeLock, TrustedID, Identity Guard and Debix but few have pointed out the main shortcoming of these services. You see, they only protect you from financial identity theft and while that is extremely important there are other types such as criminal or medical identity theft. [...]
The 2008 figure for cyber crime is a huge jump from $18 million in losses reported in 2001. So far this year, from February to March, there was a 50% increase in reported Internet fraud complaints in the U.S. “These numbers are shocking, but it is important to note that the vast majority of ID [...]
Identitytheftlabs, run by a group of professionals dedicated to informing consumers about Identity Theft protection, recently featured ID Watchdog as a leading supplier of superior services. The site’s home page features a comparison of similar services, showing how our comprehensive services stack up against our competitors, and giving us an overall rating of “excellent,” based [...]
Yes you can get a free credit report because of a new federal law passed in 2005. In fact, you can get your credit report for free from all 3 of the major credit bureaus (Equifax, Experian and TransUnion). Thanks to this legislation, credit reporting agencies are required to provide you with a free copy [...]
1. Does the identity theft service monitor more than credit reports? Since it’s easy to check your own credit report and you can access it once a year for free, and because many types of identity theft don’t show up in credit reports, credit monitoring alone is of limited value. Consider services that scan other [...]
Here is how to report identity theft. The aftermath of identity theft, a personal crime, can be very scary. Often, it’s not until a credit card is declined that people discover they have become a victim of this insidious, unseen crime. Perhaps there’s a nasty letter from the IRS demanding past-due tax on income you’ve [...]
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