What To Do and When Your Credit Report has been damaged by Identity Theft Its not a matter of IF your identity will be stolen, but only a matter of WHEN. When your identity is stolen, the bad guy usually takes control of your credit cards and/or bank accounts. [...]
Having your identity stolen is a huge pain in the neck. Most people discover that their identities have been stolen when they get turned down for a car, home or job. Many others discover it when they get collection calls for debts that they did not incur. Either way, [...]
With so many lawsuits being filed by the Federal Trade Commission and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau against credit repair companies, it truly makes one wonder if, indeed, credit repair companies are legit? The short answer is, yes, but very few of them are. The latest credit repair companies to [...]
A Step-by-Step Guide to Protecting Ohio Consumers against Identity Theft if Social Security Cards are Lost Most Ohio consumers probably don’t give too much thought to their Social Security Cards – until they lose them. Then, knowing what everyone knows about the threat of identity theft, panic sets in. It’s [...]
How Ohio College Students can Better Manage Checking Accounts and Credit Cards while in College Are you a student at Ohio State University, the University of Cincinnati, Sinclair Community College, or one of the other excellent schools in the Buckeye State? If so, there’s a good chance that you’ve over-drafted [...]
