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Bad Consolidation Credit Debt Officials warn that the fake ID business is booming in Los Angeles. Identity theft is the fastest growing crime in America says the Federal Trade Commission. It is a practice that victimizes innocent people by using their Social Security Numbers. It has become an epidemic, leaving everyone at risk. And, to make matters worse, most people do not know if their identity has been stolen. : 10 million victims a year in the U.S. % and growing. The FTC reports that one of the most common methods of ID theft involves thieves who %teal your mail, including bank and credit card statements, credit card offers, new checks, and tax information% including through % practice known as %™umpster diving.'% The average victim of mail ID theft spends 30 hours trying to undo the damage to his credit rating, credit card bills, etc. The negative effects can last over a year, sometimes several years, before being fully resolved. Bad Company Credit Repair “Thieves do that with the greatest of ease, computers make it very easy for them”, says John Davis, a special agent with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service. The computerization of records has made it far easier than ever to gather not just hundreds but hundreds of thousands of identification numbers and other identifying information. "The document vendors themselves, they just make up random numbers," John says. "To do this would take maybe about two minutes, tops." LifeLock was founded last year by seasoned veterans in the fields of banking, payment, credit and security who set out to defend individuals from the onslaught of identity theft at a time when our personal information credentials are increasingly compromised through the mail, medical records, and the internet. They crafted a simple, active service for guaranteed ID theft prevention offered to the public for just $10 per month or $110 per year.} Already, many colleges and universities, professional associations, credit unions and others have chosen LifeLock as their preferred ID theft prevention partner. Bad Card Credit Credit Ann Jordan is a recent victim of identity theft. She's got some serious credit problems, but she can't understand that. Because she's 2 year old. "She's basically got two loans out on her Social Security number and, I believe, a credit card out," says Ann’s mother, Kim Jordan. "She's got $15,000 in debt." If your ID is stolen, report it immediately to the police, get a case number, tell anyone who you have an account with, your bank, and report the details to the SAFPS ( www.safps.org.za) What is the best way to safeguard myself against ID theft Make sure you are the first (not the last!) a possible indicator of ID theft. With the Credit Health Monitor service you will be notified of changes to your credit profile. Bad Car Credit Loan How on earth was that possible?
Only 15% of victims find out due to a proactive action taken by a business.** Bad Credit Loan Mortgage It was possible because someone else was using a Social Security number identical to Ann's. It's part of a mushrooming problem in America involving criminals who make and sell phony documents. Auto Bad Credit Loan John Davis says Los Angeles, with its huge population of illegal immigrants, is the counterfeit document capital of America. Bad Credit Mortgage Refinance NBC News asked Telemundo, its Spanish language sister network, to send an employee for a walk through Los Angeles' MacArthur Park. There he was approached four times in just 30 minutes by document vendors. Bad Credit Refinance "They told me I can get everything from IDs to permanent resident cards, or green cards, Social Security numbers," he says. "They have absolutely everything." Bad Credit Mortgage Second Back to Ann’s case, the authorities have arrested a suspect. That was soon after the local TV station broadcasted a report on the theft of Ann Jordan's identity. Jose Ramirez has been charged with identity fraud and forgery. Undercover video, shot by agents of the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service, was used to help convict another man of forging Social Security cards and other government Ids. Catalogue: Finance
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