October 2010 Archives

Report from the Epicenter of Fraud Closures.Can there be a rescue of U.S. workers facing foreclosure and unemployment? WEST PALM BEACH, Florida--In all of the economic issues we are dealing with, there is always a back story, a deeper context...
A missing computer flash drive that contained data on Medicaid patients served by Keystone Mercy Health Plan and AmeriHealth Mercy Health Plan, two affiliated insurance companies, may now end up causing members of either health plan to become targets of...
Would this headline surprise you? "Cell Phone Giant Rips Off Customers." Maybe not. But what about this one? "Cell Phone Giant Rips Off Customers, Wants New Law Saying It's OK." That one might just catch your attention. I know it...
We know that scammers tend to go after the elderly, college students and children, but an increasingly popular target is U.S. veterans.To help veterans avoid falling victim to fraud, MainStreet rounded up some of the scams used to trick military...
A new website for the submission of documents with signatures from notaries, attorneys and bank employees was launched today. Since receiving notice of foreclosure and various court filings and paperwork, the founder of a  new document depository website, noticed that...
University of North Florida officials are advising anyone who applied to enroll at the school between 2007 and 2010 to keep a close eye on their credit reports and banking information and have set up a telephone hotline and email...
Cyber crimes are on the rise.  If you've opened a newspaper or visited the Internet, you probably know this.  Why is it, then, that so many consumers seem to be ignoring the growing storm that threatens all of us?  The...
A song, much like a picture, tells a thousand words. Take 5 minutes out of your day to watch, listen and learn from this foreclosure mom who raps about the truth behind what many now call refer to as the...
Privacy rights experts and consumer protection advocates have been raising awareness to risks and inherent privacy implications associated with the latest "Smart Meter" technology that when installed on televisions and appliances measure the level of personal power usage in your...
With the explosion of Internet and cell phone communications--including social networking sites, music and video sharing technology and the ever-popular "texting"--keeping our kids out of the reach of predators has become increasingly difficult.  We may frequent YouTube, Twitter and...
Jim and Danielle Earl, a Simi Valley family who says they were victims of mortgage servicing fraud and then wrongly evicted from their home --return to their home, along with their attorney, Michael Pines, to change the locks and move...
Feeling down, worried or just plain angry about the current foreclosure crises? Take time to watch this hilarious clip from Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. "The banks weren't reading the fine print? What?!? You're the ones that came up...
Don't believe me? Investigate it for yourself. Read up on these well-documented claims of mortgage servicing abuse and fraud. See: The New "F-Word" in Foreclosures -- "Fraud" While you're at it, please tell President Obama NOT to sign the...
The increased usage of Twitter has led to a feeding frenzy for phishing pirates. Twitter users are teased with a link, and if they click on it, the phishing will begin. Phishing is a technique used to obtain your personal...
"We built our own home with blood, sweat and tears and are too old to start all over again. We love our home and had planned to live here until our demise. We have made a heroic attempt to work...
A former waiter at a south Florida restaurant is accused of stealing the credit card numbers of more than two dozen customers -and then selling them to identity thieves.  According to the Broward Sheriff's Office, Cristobal Chavez, 29, stole the...
U.S. courts are clogged with a record number of foreclosures. Next, they may be jammed with suits contesting property rights as procedural mistakes in those cases cloud titles establishing ownership."Defective documentation has created millions of blighted titles that will plague...
A memoir exposing the steep price consumers pay when facing mortgage servicing errors, inaccurate credit reporting, illegal debt collection practices, identity theft and weak consumer protection laws. THE BOOK » DENISE'S STORY »