Indiana radio station WIBC FM 93.1 is focusing on identity theft this week on their Morning News Program. I was interviewed this morning for the program and had a great time speaking with Terri and Jake about my experiences assisting victims of identity theft. I appreciate them taking the time…
Indiana’s new security freeze law goes into effect September 1, 2007. Here’s what the Indiana Attorney General’s Office says about the new law: What is a security freeze? A ‘security freeze’ is a new consumer right provided by Indiana law. Placing a security freeze on your credit reports can block…
I received a mailer recently from Equifax. The mailer was selling Equifax’s credit monitoring tool called Credit Watch Gold. It had a couple of “Identifact(s)” listed which contained a few statements that made me go “Hmmmm?”: * identity theft is now surpassing drug trafficking as the nations’s #1 crime *…
I recently came across a survey conducted by the California Public Interest Research Group and the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse. The survey was conducted in the spring of 2000 and included 66 identity fraud victims who were selected because they had contacted these agencies. Since millions of people have been victims…
Many people don’t realize that the biggest problem with identity theft is not usually liability for the fraudulently incurred debt. Victims of identity theft seldom are saddled with any significant debt as a result of the fraud. The credit card companies and other businesses who deal with the perpetrators usually…