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01/31/2013
The first month of the year has almost passed. Have any of your New Year’s Resolutions fallen by the wayside? At the BBB, we’ve had the same New Year’s Resolution for 101 years. It’s simple. We don’t need to give up soda or go to the gym more often, rather, we always resolve to help as many consumers as possible ward of the advances of scam artists.
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04/04/2012
If you suspect you are a victim of identity theft or know that you are a victim of identity theft, the first step you should take is to place a 90-Day Fraud Alert on all three of your credit reports.
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01/26/2012
Thursday, January 26, 2012 (SAN DIEGO, CA) - Better Business Bureau is warning businesses to beware of two new scams, both of which use the BBB name to lure victims into clicking a link or providing access to their private, personal information.
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09/15/2011
Recently, a long and intimidating article crossed my desk from an investment group. It looked like a page out of a text book from a college economics class in which I would have gotten a C.
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09/01/2011
Scams and frauds are, for the most part, an equal opportunity evil. However, many of these are targeted at senior citizens, the fastest growing demographic to be victimized by scam artists.
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10/28/2010
The Council of Better Business Bureaus today announced that it has become an official supporter of the newly launched Identity Theft Council (ITC), one of the largest national community-based identity theft victim support and education initiatives.
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10/18/2010
When something happens 10 million times per year, it’s worth noting, and in recent years, that’s how many victims of identity theft have reported the abuse to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Further, ID theft has remained the number one complaint to the FTC for the past five years.
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05/01/2006
The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) spells out rights for victims of identity theft, as well as responsibilities for businesses. Identity theft victims are entitled to ask businesses for a copy of transaction records — such as applications for credit — relating to the theft of their identity.
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09/01/2005
Protect your personal information. It's valuable.
Know who you're dealing with. Use anti-virus and anti-spyware software, as well as a firewall, and update them all regularly. Be sure to set up your operating system and Web browser software properly, and update them regularly.
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06/01/2005
The Federal Trade Commission has published this booklet to help raise awareness of identity theft. We encourage you to share it with your family, friends, colleagues, and neighbors.
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02/01/2005
If you are deployed away from your usual duty station and do not expect to seek new credit while you are deployed, consider placing an “active duty alert” on your credit report. An active duty alert requires creditors to take steps to verify your identity before granting credit in your name.
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02/01/2005
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06/01/2004
These days, it is almost impossible to be in business and not collect or hold personally identifying information — names and addresses, Social Security numbers, credit card numbers, or other account numbers — about your customers, employees, business partners, students, or patients. If this information falls into the wrong hands, it could put these individuals at risk for identity theft.
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