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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Freeze Your Credit File - Powerpoint Slides (Hmong)

Freeze Your Credit File - Powerpoint Slides (Hmong). The Freeze Your Credit File Powerpoint File (in pdf format) is available for download in the "Download File" section.

Sunday, July 06, 2008

Freeze Your Credit File (Chinese)

Freeze Your Credit File (Chinese) Leave ID Thieves Out in the Cold. “安全凍結”信用檔案是一種預防及避免身份被盜用的工具﹐它可以阻止詐騙者利用你的個人資料來建立信貸記錄。這本手冊內容詳述如何“凍結”個人信用檔案,而且除非你暫時或永久取消凍結﹐它就可以防止別人以你的名義申請信貸。

A credit file "security freeze" is a preventive tool to help you avoid identity theft and to block impostors from using your personal information to establish credit. This publication explains how to "freeze" your credit file, which prevents new credit from being established in your name until you temporarily or permanently lift the freeze.

Thursday, June 05, 2008

Freeze Your Credit File

Freeze Your Credit File Leave ID Thieves Out in the Cold. A credit file "security freeze" is a preventive tool to help you avoid identity theft and to block impostors from using your personal information to establish credit. This publication explains how to "freeze" your credit file, which prevents new credit from being established in your name until you temporarily or permanently lift the freeze.

Wednesday, June 04, 2008

Congele su expediente crediticio

Congele su expediente crediticio No permita el robo de identidad. El “congelamiento de seguridad” es una herramienta para ayudarle a prevenir el robo de identidad y evitar que impostores utilicen su información personal para establecer crédito. Esta publicación explica cómo “congelar” su crédito, lo cual previene que se establezca crédito nuevo a nombre suyo hasta que usted remueva el congelamiento por un tiempo o permanentemente.

Tuesday, June 03, 2008

Freeze Your Credit File (Vietnamese)

Freeze Your Credit File (Vietnamese) Leave ID Thieves Out in the Cold. "Khóa an toàn" hồ sơ tín dụng là một phương thức ngăn ngừa giúp quý vị tránh bị trộm tín dụng và chận kẻ mạo danh dùng chi tiết cá nhân của quý vị để lấy tín dụng. Ấn bản này giải thích cách "khóa" hồ sơ tín dụng của quý vị, để ngăn ngừa tín dụng mới được gây dựng trên danh tính của quý vị cho tới khi quý vị tạm mở, hay tháo hẳn khóa tín dụng.

A credit file "security freeze" is a preventive tool to help you avoid identity theft and to block impostors from using your personal information to establish credit. This publication explains how to "freeze" your credit file, which prevents new credit from being established in your name until you temporarily or permanently lift the freeze.

 

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Stopping Identity Theft Cover ArtStopping Identity Theft  This new book—available March 6, 2009—outlines 10 steps you can take to protect yourself or your family from ID theft and medical identity theft, the fastest growing crime in America. By reading this book, you will learn what to do now to safeguard your bank…

You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man Cover ArtYou Can’t Cheat an Honest Man  Since the Bernard Madoff "Ponzi scheme" scandal broke, shocking investors and the Wall Street community, this insider's guide to investment rip-offs, scams and con artists has been in demand. The book, published in the late '90s, is designed to educate consumers and make them aware…

Ponzi Cover ArtPonzi  Who was Ponzi, the man whose name is synonymous with the classic “rob-Peter-to-pay-Paul” scam where money from new investors goes to reward earlier ones? (It's the kind of scheme that Bernard Madoff recently used to rake in $50 billion from gullible folks all over the…

Privacy Wars Cover ArtPrivacy Wars  Exploring the conflict between civil liberties and national security, this book sounds the alarm about the current state of surveillance in the United States. Addressing the ease with which the federal government can monitor the telephone calls, e-mail, credit card purchases, money transfers, and even…

Understanding Privacy Cover ArtUnderstanding Privacy  Privacy is one of the most important concepts of our time, yet it is also one of the most elusive. As rapidly changing technology makes information increasingly available, scholars, activists, and policymakers have struggled to define privacy, with many conceding that the task is virtually…

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