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First Person: Overcoming Identity Theft I knew there was a problem when I received a phone call from Sprint asking me how I was enjoying my new phone service. Confused, I told the customer service representative that I was not a Sprint customer. "Please hold," he said, "while I transfer you to our Fraud Department." finance.yahoo.com
Police search for clues in murder-suicide of Florida business partners For years, Brian Weiss, the health-supplement king of South Florida, was targeted with more complaints than anyone else in the history of the South Florida Better Business Bureau. Click to Continue » www.mcclatchydc.com
First Person: Bouncing Back After Identity Theft It couldn't come at a worst time. I was being transferred to California so things were in frenzy. I answered my office phone. The caller was from American Express. She informed me my account was six months overdue and I needed to make arrangements to pay off the $4,000 balance. "I never had American Express card", I said, then immediately came the realization someone had stolen my identity. finance.yahoo.com
Police search for clues in murder-suicide of business partners The murder-suicide of two South Florida business partners in New York has police searching for a motive. www.miamiherald.com
Free credit reports can help monitor debt Credit reports are a good tool for monitoring debt. www.wgal.com
Lessons Learned: Identity theft 101 This telemarketer knows much too much about you -– and your credit card accounts. journalstar.com
How to fight back against privacy pirates Have you Googled yourself lately? Is the information about you accurate or full of inconsistencies, both of which can be devastating? www.cio.com.au
Debtors seethe, sue over collectors' tactics SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Kristy Schwarm was introduced to collection agencies after she bounced an $83.41 check at a Mendocino County FoodMaxx. She soon started receiving menacing letters on district attorney and sheriff's department letterhead,... www.southcoasttoday.com
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