Watch Out! Top Holiday Identity Theft Scams
Posted on December 6th, 2011
Tis the season to be jolly, right? Identity thieves sure seem to think so. You can just imagine them chuckling evilly to themselves while they thought up this years crop of holiday identity theft scams.
Every year, cyber crooks take advantage of holiday shopping and holiday spirits to scam people out of their hard-earned cash. Some advanced warning and increased vigilance can help you ensure the holidays stay bright for you and yours rather than for the bad guys.
Watch out for these popular holiday identity theft scams:
Shoulder Surfing
Who surfs in the winter? Identity thieves, thats who! When youre paying for your holiday goodies with a credit or debit card, be aware of whos standing behind or beside you.
Tags: Holiday Identity, Holiday Identity Theft, Identity Theft, Theft
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Lax online shopping security leaves consumers open to fraud
Posted on December 3rd, 2011
Online shoppers are failing to check the veracity of sites they purchase goods from leaving them open to possible fraud, according to a survey from Callcredit.
A poll carried out by YouGov on behalf of the credit bureau found that nearly 70% of consumers do not check websites for contact details. Not making sure the website you are buying from is legitimate can result in your card details falling into the hands of fraudsters and identity thieves.
Nearly half of those questioned who said they planned to shop online this Christmas do not check the websites they buy from are secure and encrypted.
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Arizona Supreme Court Rules Promissory Note Sufficient for Notice of Trustee’s Sale – Vasquez v. Saxon Mortgage
Posted on November 30th, 2011
Our Chino foreclosure defense attorneys were interested to see a rare state Supreme Court case involving a bankruptcy. In the Arizona Supreme Court’s Vazquez v. Saxon Mortgage Inc., the Arizona bankruptcy court certified the following question to the high court: Does Arizona law require an assignee of a mortgage to record the assignment before filing a notice of trustee’s sale, when the assignee holds a promissory note payable to the bearer? In a decision with a long list of amici curiae, the high court ultimately said no. That situation arose when Julia Vazquez challenged a foreclosure against her by Tiffany and Bosco, an assignee of an assignee of her original lender. The assignment was not recorded in at least one step in the chain of title, but the high court declined to stop the sale because [WHO] owned a promissory note payable to “bearer.”
Vasquez refinanced in 2005, executing a promissory note in favor of Saxon Mortgage and a deed of trust with Saxon as beneficiary and title company Ticor Title as trustee.
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Bankruptcy Reaffirmation Agreements: What You Should Know
Posted on November 28th, 2011
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When a Chapter 7 bankruptcy case is pending, a reaffirmation agreement can be drawn up and entered into that stops the particular debt it applies to from being discharged or replaces it with a new agreement. In simpler terms, the debtor enters into a contract with an obligation to repay that debt after the bankruptcy case is completed. The debtor forfeits bankruptcy protection in exchange for the creditor promising not to repossess the property.
Reaffirmation isn’t always the best idea and should be entered into with a firm understanding of what is expected of you as well as the creditors options if you do not meet your obligations. Reaffirmation agreements only apply to secured debt because such agreements allows the debtor to retain the collateral and preserves the right of the creditor to enforce the debt according to contractual or modified terms.
If a debtor defaults on a secured obligation, the debtor can view that as a default. Many contracts have acceleration clauses where the entire amount can be considered due upon default. If you are unable to pay the creditor may try to repossess the collateral (i.e. your
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Quality free advice on your pension
Posted on November 24th, 2011
This small, under-appreciated voluntary organisation can offer great advice on your pension planning and complaints.
During an interview with pensions minister Steve Webb, Ros Altmann, currently director of Saga, recommended the free, independent Pensions Advisory Service, saying “They do a fantastic job”.
Altmann has been an excellent and outspoken campaigner on pensions for a long time and she has a shrewd understanding about how they work, and in particular how government tinkering affects them. She is very definitely on the people’s side, so, when she recommends something, it’s worth looking into.
Which is what I did.
The Pensions Advisory Service can’t give personalised, tailored advice. By a technical definition, then, it doesn’t give “advice” as far as a financial advisor would describe it. However
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Why Use commercial Credit Reports?
Posted on November 24th, 2011
Due to the growth and expansion of global marketplace, companies are more and more depending on doing business with businesses on other sides of the globe. Often a dealer of machine tools like for example in U.S. will sell accounts in China. Conversely, a company in Ireland whose business is manufacturing finished woolens might prefer to farm out its customer service department to India. Or let’s say an aerospace company situated in France might get the spare parts from South Korea.
The entire globe is a steady flow of goods and services these days that requires be generating, ordering and compensating for. In nowadays financial system, this is frequently done through credit. Consecutively to maintain this system operation efficiently it is vital that businesses must depend on commercial credit reports. T Read full post…