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Last month you ordered pizza every night for a week. You placed an anonymous call to Child Protective Services. You checked your voicemail 25 times one day to see if that special person had called.

Investors and identity thieves prefer online brokerage accounts for the same reason: convenience. The popularity of online investing has led to an increase in unauthorized access by identity thieves. Read More

Disasters bring out the best in people and the worst. These two dynamics intersect when scam-artists create fake charities with fundraising appeals, thereby bilking people out of donations that they meant to give to the victims.
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The PRC advises parents to pay close attention to documents and forms that students bring home from school. Among them is likely to be an opt-out form regarding the disclosure of students' education records.
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Starting August 1, 2005, unsolicited offers for credit or insurance that are based on information in your credit report should be easier to spot.

Update On October 2, 2006, Qchex agreed to a temporary restraining order to halt "unfair business practices," according to the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC has asked the U.S. Read More