Fair Credit Reporting Act Lawyers Help Identity Theft Victims Over 12 million people an identity theft victim every year. The harmful effects of identity theft are life changing and last a lifetime. Victims may not even know their identity has been stolen until they receive debt collection calls for debts they do not owe. Others [...]
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ID THEFT NEWS: WEEKLY UPDATE
Posted: May 21, 2013 by administrator in FCRATags: Atlanta ID Theft Lawyer, Birmingham ID Theft Lawyer, CONSUMER LAW, CREDIT REPORT ERRORS, DALLAS ID THEFT LAWYER, dispute credit report, fair credit reporting act law, fcra lawyer, HOUSTON ID THEFT LAWYER, ID Theft Lawyer, Identity Theft Law, montgomery id fraud, Orlando ID Theft Lawyer, Tampa ID Theft Lawyer
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ID THEFT NEWS – WEEKLY UPDATE
Posted: October 28, 2012 by administrator in FCRA, IDENTITY THEFTTags: CREDIT REPORT DISPUTE, CREDIT REPORT ERRORS, fair credit reporting act, FCRA, Florida, id theft, Identity Theft Law, Sugar Land Texas, Tennessee
Over 10 million consumers a year become victims of identity theft. Fraud victims are denied credit. If fraud victims are approved for credit, then they have to pay higher interest rates! Identity theft victims also get turned down for jobs because of arrests, convictions or other public records in a background report. What can consumers [...]
ID THEFT NEWS – WEEKLY UPDATE
Posted: June 11, 2012 by administrator in IDENTITY THEFTTags: atlanta ga, AUGUSTA GA, Birmingham al, CONSUMER FRAUD, CREDIT REPORT DISPUTE, CREDIT REPORT ERROR, Dallas tx, fair credit reporting act, fcra lawyer, FORT BRAGG NC, FT WORTH TX, gainesville fl, HATTIESBURG MS, houston tx, ID Theft Law, Identity Theft Law, JACKSON MS, LAREDO TX, miami fl, montgomery al, NORFOLK VA, Orlando FL, ROCKINGHAM NC, Tampa fl, tampa florida, Tax fraud
Our law firm represents victims of identity theft across the country. Identity theft is an epidemic, especially in the South. Few identity thieves are arrested and convicted. What can consumers do do protect their credit reports? Federal law provides identity theft victims with rights under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Under federal law, identity theft victims [...]
ID THEFT ATTORNEY MICAH ADKINS NAMED TOP CONSUMER LAWYER
Posted: March 20, 2012 by administrator in CONSUMER FRAUD, CREDIT DISPUTES, FCRA, IDENTITY THEFTTags: Birmingham al, Burke Havery Frankowski, CONSUMER LAW, CREDIT DISPUTE, CREDIT REPORT DISPUTE, CREDIT REPORT ERROR, fair credit reporting act, FCRA, id fraud, id theft, IDENTITY THEFT, Identity Theft Law
Micah Adkins has been named as one of the top consumer lawyers. The peer review study surveyed more than 4,000 members of the Birmingham Bar Association for nominations for Birmingham’s top lawyers. This is the third year for the peer review study and included 29 different practice areas. The votes were reviewed by the Birmingham Bar [...]
CLEVELAND VICTIM OF TAX IDENTITY THEFT
Posted: March 16, 2012 by administrator in CREDIT DISPUTES, FCRA, IDENTITY THEFTTags: Cleveland OH, CONSUMER LAW, CREDIT REPORT, CREDIT REPORT ERROR, fair credit reporting act, FCRA, id fraud, IDENTITY THEFT, Identity Theft Law, MICAH ADKINS, tax id theft, tax return fraud, tax scam
CONSUMERS AT RISK FOR TAX FRAUD AND IDENTITY THEFT A Cleveland, Ohio resident filed a police report complaining that of tax identity theft. The fraud was discovered when the Internal Revenue Service contacted the identity theft victim with instructions to return a 2009 tax return refund. The identity theft victim was confused by the IRS correspondence because the victim did not file a 2009 tax return or [...]
IDENTITY THEFT IS THE #1 COMPLAINT MADE TO FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Posted: February 28, 2012 by administrator in FCRATags: atlanta ga, Birmingham al, cfpb, CONSUMER LAW, Dallas tx, fair credit reporting act, Federal Trade Commission, identity, IDENTITY THEFT, Identity Theft Law, Nashville tn, Orlando FL
Identity Theft #1 Complaint to FTC The Federal Trade Commission today released its list of top consumer complaints received by the agency in 2011. For the 12th year in a row, identity theft complaints topped the list. Of more than 1.8 million complaints filed in 2011, 279,156 or 15 percent, were identity theft complaints. Nearly [...]
DOMINOS COMPUTER SYSTEM HACKED IN INDIA
Posted: January 28, 2011 by administrator in DATA BREACHES & DATA LOSS, DATA SECURITY, IDENTITY THEFTTags: Breach Notification Letter, DOMINOS DATA BREACH, DOMINOS HACKER, FAIR CRDIT REPORTING ACT, FAIR CREDIT REPORTING ACT ATTORNEY, FCRA, fcra lawyer, free credit report, Id Theft Attorney, IDENTITT THEFT LAWYER, Identity Theft Law, Identity Theft Protection
A hacker recently hacked his/her way into a Domino’s server in India. The hacker was able to download customer data from the server. Dominos ha begun to send breach notification letters to its customers. the letter states: ‘We have come to know that someone has hacked our website with malicious intent and with the help of [...]
APARTMENT RESIDENTS VICTIMS OF ID THEFT SCAM
Posted: September 1, 2010 by administrator in CONSUMER FRAUD, CREDIT DISPUTES, FCRA, IDENTITY THEFTTags: alabama, Alabama Credit Dispute Lawyer, alabama law, Atlanta, birming, credit, FCRA, Florida, FTC, GEORGIA, huntsville, ID Theft Lawyer, Identity Theft Law, Memphis, mobile, montgomery, nashville, Orlando, report, Tennessee, Tuscaloosa
Residents living at a Detroit apartment complex have lost thousands of dollars as the result of a ID theft scam. According to police, several residents of a Saline condo community are victims of an ID theft scam targeting the residents’ checking accounts. The apartment management office has mailed out ID theft warning letters to all residents of the apartment complex. [...]
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY HOSPITAL PATIENT DATA STOLEN
Posted: August 23, 2010 by administrator in DATA BREACHES & DATA LOSS, IDENTITY THEFTTags: ALABAMA ID THEFT LAWYER, Breach Notification Letter, ID Theft Law, Identity Theft Law, stolen laptop
The University of Kentucky Hospital announced a laptop was stolen from a private office in June 2010. The laptop contained patients’ personal identifying information, including medical records. The University of Kentucky Hospital has begun to contact around 2,000 patients who may be at risk for identity theft due to the data theft. Like Alabama, Kentucky [...]