Mortgage Fraud

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FBI Cracking down on Mortgage Fraud

More than 400 mortgage fraud players have been indicted since March 2009 – including dozens over the last two days – in a Justice Department crackdown on incidents of mortgage fraud nationwide. Share on bebo Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on faves Share on FriendFeed Buzz it up [...]

Credit Fraud, Identity theft

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Credit Report Freeze – What it Means

A credit freeze, which is also called credit report freeze or a credit report lock down, gives an individual the control over his / her credit report. It is done to prevent other people or companies from accessing your credit report unless you give them permission to do so. This includes lenders, insurers, potential employers, [...]

Insurance Fraud

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Fraud Alert – Charitable Gift Annuities Scam Target Elderly

The State Attorney General’s Office and Williamson County District Attorney’s Office have indicted 4 people in connection with a multi-million-dollar insurance fraud case involving the now defunct Franklin-based National Foundation of America. Richard and Susan Olive, owners of the company, and Breanna McIntyre, an employee, were taken into custody in Tallahassee, Fl., while Kenny M. [...]

Identity theft

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Tax Return Identity Theft

Tax season can make identity thieves’ drool at the mouth. Experts say they swoop in quickly and quietly this time of year and the victims are oblivious to what has happened until they try to file their own returns. Using stolen Social Security numbers, the thieves make up incomes and employee details to file returns, [...]

Debt Fraud

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Fraud Alert – Guardian Credit & Green Credit Solution

ConsumerAffairs.com has also received a number of complaints about debt settlement companies. Kathleen, of Tollhouse, California, reported last November she had problems dealing with a company called Guardian Credit Solution. “We paid them $4490.00 to do a loan modification, which they never did,” she told ConsumerAffairs.com. ALWAYS look a company up on the Better Business [...]

Credit Fraud

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What makes you a higher risk for credit card fraud or identity theft

According to the study, affluent suburbans top the list of the most at risk consumers for identity fraud. The study was based on an analysis of 5,000 independent records of fraud and 34,000 record of non-fraud. It compared data from ‘Experian Marketing Services’ Mosaic system, a lifestyle segmentation system, which classifies U.S. households and neighborhoods [...]

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