by Liz Dominguez | Apr 5, 2018 | CRISIS-Friendly, Exclusive Articles, Exclusive Articles Lifestyle |
Protecting your personal information from identity thieves is a multi-step process; however, the biggest step you can take at home is to shred anything with personal information on it. “All a true identity thief needs to become you is your name and ZIP...
by Liz Dominguez | Apr 5, 2018 | CRISIS-Friendly, Exclusive Articles, Exclusive Articles Lifestyle |
Social media is just that—social. And a big part of it is sharing photos when you’re out celebrating something, such as your birthday. However, these two things—photos of yourself and your date of birth—can be all someone needs to steal your identity and start opening...
by Liz Dominguez | Apr 5, 2018 | Exclusive Articles, Exclusive Articles Lifestyle |
The basic information on a check—name, address, bank account number and routing number—is enough for anyone who sees it to wire money out of that account. Other types of check fraud, such as forgery, counterfeiting and closing accounts, are also possible if criminals...
by Liz Dominguez | Apr 5, 2018 | CRISIS-Friendly, Exclusive Articles, Exclusive Articles Lifestyle |
Other than your Social Security number, birthdays are one of the worst things to share online when registering for an account. If you’ve also given up your mother’s maiden name, you might as well give online thieves a link to your bank account with the password....
by Liz Dominguez | Apr 5, 2018 | CRISIS-Friendly, Exclusive Articles, Exclusive Articles Lifestyle |
A debit card is a smart way to shop if you want to avoid using a credit card that will charge you interest if you don’t pay the balance in full each month. But because a debit card is directly tied to your bank account, you can lose a lot of protections. Debit Card...