How Does Identity Theft Happen? Identity thieves use items like your driver’s license or Social Security number to assume your identity. With just a few items of personal information, an experienced identity thief can open new bank accounts and write bad checks, get new credit card accounts in your name and not pay the bills, [...]

With the increasing prevalence of phishing cases, we have learned that it’s best to protect ourselves from falling victim to this scam. We know now how to identify a phishing email and we’ve realized that it’s wise to just ignore it and not click on any links. However, there’s also a more proactive way to [...]

PayPal is a very useful and popular tool to send and receive electronic payments. It’s a trusted service as evident in the number of major players (Ebay, Dell, Barnes & Noble etc.) that use PayPal to accept credit card payments. It’s generally a helpful tool but some problems might arise such as frozen/closed accounts and [...]

Have you received countless emails saying they are from Nigeria or other African countries? Is the scenario of transferring money out of the country very familiar with you? If so, you have just experienced the popular Nigerian scams at work. credit card fraud, email scams, identity theft, identity theft protection, Identity Theft Victims, internet scams, [...]

The Internet can both be heaven and hell for investors. On the brighter side, Internet is the tool for investors to search for investment opportunities, make their money through online trading, and monitor their finances through online banking, stock market and more. However, this can also a convenient tool for fraudsters. So, think twice before [...]