One of the scariest realities about identity theft and other fraudulent crimes is the cyber black market. The black market of the internet deals and trades in all sorts of things: real peoples’ credit card numbers, email address lists, online bank account numbers, and a variety of services offering hacking, planting of malware, and much [...]

There is a lot of conflicting and misleading information out there concerning credit inquiries and their relation to your credit score. Some people aren’t even sure what exactly a credit inquiry is. Essentially, a credit inquiry is when you, an employer, or someone else asks to receive a copy of your credit report. This inquiry [...]

Staying up to date on your credit report is important in many different aspects of life. For example, if you are applying for a loan to buy a car or a house, it could affect whether you ever receive that loan or not. It can also determine if you get employed, and it can affect [...]

There are many people who are concerned about identity theft and this is certainly a reasonable concern because many people fall victim. There are ways to prevent this from happening such as through companies who monitor the identities of their customers. They advertise and there are easy ways to find them. One great example on [...]

We live in an increasingly hazardous world. Our possessions, our homes and even our identity are the subject of criminal pursuit. We can no longer feel safe enough to leave our doors unlocked at night. It has gotten to the point that many do not feel comfortable leaving windows open during broad daylight while they [...]

This Equifax Credit Monitoring Review encompasses a number of different services that help to safeguard important credit and personal information that is vulnerable to identity theft. All of the major credit reporting bureaus have credit monitoring services for a monthly fee. As more cases of identity theft arise, the more people are signing up for [...]

Have You Lost Your Wallet Or Has Someone Stolen Your Purse? Here’s What You Should Do A wallet or a purse is a goldmine for an identity thief, as they are full of the personal information that they need to exploit your credit and your name. This information can be sold and traded very easily [...]