Archive for March, 2007

Two Out of Three Identity Theft Victims Are Over Age 40…

According to this story on EarthTimes.org, two of three identity theft victims are over age 40, based on an analysis of over 11,000 verified cases of identity theft.
According to the article, Anne Wallace, Identity Theft Assistance Center executive director is quoted as saying” Older consumers have a larger “identity footprint”, both online and offline, through [...]

Would you like some Identity Theft with those fries?

KOIN News 6 is reporting that Jessica Thurston an assistant manager at a Scappoose, Oregon Burger King has been arrested on 18 counts of identity theft!  She and 3 others Jacob Aaron Edward Keyes, Daniel Josh Lord Miller and Susan Mary McCartney are all allegedly involved in the fraud ring.  Stealing information from job applications.
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Arrest Warrant may be issued for Mitch Heffernan of Mortgage Lenders Network

The Connecticut State Department of Labor confirmed Monday that it has applied for an arrenst warrant in Middletown Superior Court for Mitch Heffernan the former president of Mortgage Lenders Network on 61 counts of failure to pay wages.  Commissions to Account Executives due right before the company ceased opperations in January. 
For more information, read this [...]

Building Your Own House For Dummies

Thought I’d post about this book available on Amazon on building your own house, since I posted the other day on construction loans.  This is another resource for someone looking to build their own house.  You need to ask a lot of questions when you get a construction loan, so start here.
Building Your Own [...]

Here take my social security number, or my PIN… wait, don’t

This article has some funny solutions to idenity theft, including banning the use of lap tops, just old clunker computers since no one will want to steal those, and the legalize phishing after all you deserve to get fleeced the author says!
Closing comments in the article, “let’s swap identites”
Check out the article, somehow I was [...]