Express Script hackers update: 1,700 added to victim list
Apparently, hackers stole even more of Express Scripts’ member information than was initially revealed last fall. An additional 1,771 New Hampshire residents are being sent data breach notification letters this week, according to a September 14 letter from Express Scripts.
Express Scripts, one of the world’s largest pharmacy benefits management companies, revealed in November 2008 that hackers demanded ransom in exchange for stolen customer information. Unl
Identity theft ramble
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What to do when your identity get’s stolen 1. Find out as much as possible about the person that did it, address phone # name 2. Find out the company that sent the debt to collections and report to them the fraud 3. File a Police report 4. Prepare to send a letter to the company requesting the collection/debt be taken off of your credit report. 5. Press Charges if you can
Paying Off Credit Card Debt: Minimum Payments Maximize Debt
If nothing else, the recent financial crisis has opened our eyes to the dangers of excessive credit card debt. Many consumers have long considered credit card debt part of life but when unemployment rises and foreclosures are festering, credit card debt seems like a nasty and preventable sore. Now many of us are wondering how we can quickly pay off our debt and save for our future. Try these paying off credit card debt tips.
Eliminating credit card debt takes discipline. In dieting they will tell you that you didn’t gain the weight overnight or in one month and that you won’t lose it in a day or month. In fact, it may take up to a year.
Can identity theft be cured by a thumb print and a photo,?
along with a signature and number, instead of paying for a service to protect you from what somebody else either lost, left out in the open, or as in some cases, sold to the even more unscrupulous.
7 Tips for Talking About Money as a Couple
What is the biggest issue that causes arguments between couples? You guessed it, money. Couples may argue over sex, kids and chores but money is the most divisive issue for married couples. Consider these 7 tips to make talking about money easier, more friendly and less argumentative.
Each person comes into a marriage or relationship with their unique experiences with money, feelings about money and assigned values for money. Ideally couples will discuss money just like other big issues like whether or not you want children and how many and where you live but it’s never too late to start talking about money as a couple.