Archive for the ‘General Credit and Identity Protection Articles’ Category
Two Types of Mortgage Scams
Mortgage scams have been around for a long time and are becoming more popular with identity thieves but they are not conducting mortgage scams for identity theft. They are targeting your identity in order to get to your mortgage because there is a lot of money in these types of scams. The identity thief may [...]
Military Identity Theft Protection
The ones that are also more likely to be a target of identity theft are the military personnel that have been deployed. The one thing that you want to do before being deployed is placing an “active duty” alert on your credit report by contacting one of the three credit bureaus. Once this is done, [...]
How to Protect Yourself From Tax Related Identity Theft Scams
Starting in February people are starting to file their taxes and are anxiously waiting for the refunds. The safest way to protect your tax refund and make sure that no one else gets to use it, set up direct deposit. Here are some more tips to help prevent you from becoming an identity theft victim [...]
Family and Friends and Identity Theft
When you think or hear of identity thieves many people thing “complete strangers.” It never crosses their mind that the identity thief could be a trusted family member or a friend, especially if you find yourself a victim of identity theft. If you should become a victim of identity theft it is usually a complete [...]
Identity Theft – Electronic Medical Records
The age of the computer have made things easier for physicians and other medical personnel in regards to how they get their notes into a patient’s records. If you have visited a doctor’s office recently, you will notice that instead of the nurse and doctor carrying a chart and making handwritten notes in the charts, [...]