Prevent Identity Theft

Don’t Fall Victim to Tax Related Identity Theft

August 11, 2011

We’re pleased to provide you with this guest post by personal finance expert Michael German. Last year, identity theft overtook credit card fraud as the most common type of fraud perpetrated in the U.S.  One type of identity theft that is growing significantly is tax related identity theft, which affected more than 350,000 taxpayers last [...]

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Are You Setting Yourself Up for Identity Theft?

March 4, 2009

While shopping yesterday the lady ahead of me in the check-out line flung open her wallet to get some cash. In the process she unwittingly exposed her drivers license, social security card and several credit cards. What she probably didn’t realize was that exposing these items even for a second can allow someone to steal [...]

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