Here are 5 tips to protect your credit and prevent identity theft while you are on vacation:
1) EMPTY YOUR WALLET
     Only carry the credit cards you are going to use on your trip.  Do NOT carry your social security card in your wallet.  Leave the checkbook and blank checks at home.
2) NOTIFY YOUR BANK AND CREDIT CARD COMPANY [...]

This past week’s topic has definitely been credit monitoring – we’ve received many questions on the subject.  Among those questions, Security Freezes were mentioned as a possible prevention measure against identity theft.
Our article last week talked about credit monitoring and the difference between paying for a service and doing it yourself.  Another step that you [...]

When you sign up for credit monitoring services, you’re not necessarily done.  What does that mean?
Well, as a credit consultant I get lots of questions about credit monitoring services:
Do they work?  Are they good?  What about Lifelock?
I also talk to people who have a credit question, so we start a conversation and somewhere in there I [...]

The emails are flying about the ’soon-to-be-released list of cell phone numbers’.  This is not true.
This rumor has been around for more than six years and seems to resurface every so often.  Snopes is a good place to check this type of email rumors.  They also have links to the Federal Communications Commission, FCC, and [...]

It is important to protect personal information as you work toward building better credit scores.   Identity theft prevention is crucial for EVERYONE.  Copy machines are another place to use caution. 
Many newer high-end copy machines found in offices have a hard drive in them that saves every scan and copy made on the machine.  When you think about [...]

The Better Business Bureau of Southern Arizona sent an alert about a spoofing scam using BBB’s name that has been reported nationwide.  The scam uses a false BBB e-mail address to entice recipients to open potentially damaging hyperlinks and attachments.
NOTE: None of BBB’s computer or e-mail systems is involved in this hoax, and the attack has [...]