Posts Tagged ‘Credit Card Numbers’

Should You Monitor Your Credit Score and Report?

Brian Miller asked: Cyber crime is on the rise and usually results in ID theft. That can include theft of credit card numbers, debit cards, social security number or any other personal/financial information.Criminals use sophisticated online phishing schemes to lure your into giving them your personal information through fake websites that imitate legitimate sites.Criminals can [...]

Keeping your Credit Safe While you Adopt

Mardie Caldwell, COAP asked: Security is on everyone’s minds these days, and with good reason. If you’re careful and take a few steps to prevent problems in advance, you shouldn’t have anything to worry about in your adoption journey. Here is a the little-known fact that might help you.Did you know that you can take [...]

Credit Scammer Got Caught

Gerald Shaw asked: The US Secret Service arrested a man for fraud and he was victimizing patrons of a certain restaurant on the District. Identified as Alpha Daye Bah, 31 years old from Germantown, he now faces charges at the District’s federal court.According to court documents, the US Secret Service reported that Bah is one [...]

Credit Report Monitoring

Mike Clover asked: Identity theft is at an all time high as a result of the digital age of paperless transactions and online databases. Why would anyone want to steal someone’s identity? Some people think it is just for the purpose of starting fresh or getting away from their previous life, but the vast majority [...]