Warenkorb
Kostenloser Versand
Unsere Operationen sind klimaneutral

50 Ways to Protect Your Identity and Your Credit Steve Weisman

50 Ways to Protect Your Identity and Your Credit von Steve Weisman

50 Ways to Protect Your Identity and Your Credit Steve Weisman


€14.99
Zustand - Wie Neu
Nur noch 1

Zusammenfassung

Features everything you need to know about identity theft, credit cards, credit repair, and credit reports. This book tells you what to watch out for, and how to keep credit disasters from happening to you. It describes how to use the law, technology, and common sense to protect yourself.

50 Ways to Protect Your Identity and Your Credit Zusammenfassung

50 Ways to Protect Your Identity and Your Credit: Everything You Need to Know About Identity Theft, Credit Cards, Credit Repair, and Credit Reports Steve Weisman

Everything You Need to Know About Identity Theft, Credit Cards, Credit Repair, and Credit Reports

"The author substitutes straight talk for legal mumbo-jumbo in 50 Ways to Protect Your Identity and Your Credit. Reading this book is like getting a black belt in consumer self-defense."

Jim Bohannon, host of The Jim Bohannon Show

"Identity theft is among the fastest-growing problems facing Americans today. This book will help you learn all you need to know to protect your lives, money, and security. Consider it your first stop in your quest for knowledge and guidance to prevent ID theft."

Robert Powell, Editor of CBS MarketWatch

"As one who has lived through some of the nightmare scenarios discussed by the author,

I believe "Steve's Rules" (Chapter 14) need to be placed in a prominent place so you can see them any time you think you are safe. They may be the new practical commandments for financial survival."

Doug Stephan, host of the Good Day nationally syndicated radio show

"Detecting and stopping identity thieves is imperative to protecting your finances and financial reputation. Steve Weisman shows you how to protect yourself and what steps to take if you are victimized. This is a must-read for anyone with a bank account and a credit card!"

Bonnie Bleidt, Boston Stock Exchange Reporter, CBS4 Boston, Host of Early Exchange, WBIX

Don't be a victim! Save your identity, save your creditand save a fortune!

10,000,000 Americans had their identities stolen last yeardon't be the next!

Discover easy steps you can take now to reduce your vulnerability.

Recognize "phishing" and other identity scamsonline and off.

Learn what you must do immediately if you've been attacked.

Defend yourself against credit rip-offs, and stop paying more than you have to!

It's all here: simple rules, handy checklists, even easy-to-use form letters!


Copyright Pearson Education. All rights reserved.

50 Ways to Protect Your Identity and Your Credit Bewertungen

From Kirkus Reports, February 10, 2005 Vol.2/Issue 1

50 Ways to Protect Your Identity and Your Credit: Everything You Need to Know About Identity Theft, Credit Cards, Credit Repair, and Credit Reports
By:
Steve Weisman
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub Date: January 2005

Identity theft and bad credittwo of the most feared byproducts of the information age, and subjects about which few really understand. Weisman offers reassurance in the form of 50 steps that will guard against both of these modern perils. The points of vulnerability are familiar by now: social-security number, credit cards, computer spyware. Weisman addresses each of these weak spots in turn, and lays out the measures required for effective defense. Even if the suggestions arrive too late to prevent identity theft, he still offers advice on what to do nextget an ID Theft Affidavit from the FTC, file a report with the police, and so on. For those more interested in protecting financial status, Weisman describes techniques for using credit cards wisely, as well as researching all the inherent fine print. He goes on to explain credit counseling and credit repair, rendered fully in clear terminology. Clever headlines and highlighted tips will keep you moving through each one of Weismans helpful hints

Über Steve Weisman

STEVE WEISMAN hosts the nationally syndicated radio show A Touch of Grey, heard on more than 50 stations across America, including New York City's legendary WOR and KRLA Los Angeles. A member of the National Association of Elder Law Attorneys, he has taught at the University of Massachusetts, Curry College, and Boston University, and is an adjunct faculty member at Bentley College. He holds a JD degree from Boston College Law School and is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Weisman has a legal practice in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He also speaks to groups on legal topics throughout the country. Weisman is legal editor and columnist for Talkers Magazine, and writes for publications ranging from The Boston Globe to US Air Magazine. He has earned a Certificate of Merit from the American Bar Association for excellence in legal journalism. He is the author of A Guide to Elder Planning: Everything You Need to Know to Protect Yourself Legally & Financially (Financial Times, Prentice Hall).


Copyright Pearson Education. All rights reserved.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.

1. Identity Theft.

2. Making Yourself Less Vulnerable to Identity Theft.

3. Danger on the Computer and What to Do if You Are the Victim of Identity Theft.

4. Your Social Security Number - An Identity Thief's Lucky Number.

5. Criminal Identity Theft, Taxes - And More Arresting Problems.

6. Technology, Business, and Government Fight Identity Theft.

7. Financial Privacy Please: The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.

8. Credit Cards.

9. Fine Print.

10. Protection from Credit Discrimination.

11. Credit Reports.

12. Credit Counseling and Credit Repair.

13. Congress Deals with Credit Reports and Identity Theft: The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act.

14. Steve's Rules.

15. Form Letters.

Zusätzliche Informationen

GOR013565554
9780131467590
013146759X
50 Ways to Protect Your Identity and Your Credit: Everything You Need to Know About Identity Theft, Credit Cards, Credit Repair, and Credit Reports Steve Weisman
Gebraucht - Wie Neu
Broschiert
Pearson Education (US)
2005-02-24
256
N/A
Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.
Das Buch wurde gelesen, ist aber in gutem Zustand. Alle Seiten sind intakt, der Einband ist unversehrt. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren am Buchrücken. Das Buch wurde gelesen, sieht jedoch noch wie neu aus. Der Bucheinband weist keine sichtbaren Gebrauchsspuren auf. Gegebenenfalls ist auch ein Schutzumschlag verfügbar. Keine fehlenden oder beschädigten Seiten, keine Risse, eventuell minimale Knicke, keine unterstrichenen oder markierten Textstellen, keine beschrifteten Ränder.