Great Info Tips » social security http://greatinfotips.com General Info and My Opinion Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:32:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Social Securityhttp://greatinfotips.com/social-security/ http://greatinfotips.com/social-security/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:20:19 +0000 Rosie http://greatinfotips.com/?p=574 I was appalled today when CNN announced Social Security has been basically out of money for quite some time. It seems the government has been dipping their grubby hands into the money set aside for Social Security for years, giving IOUs. That doesn’t cut it for me. They locked up Bernie Madoff for the same thing! What is our government doing to us? As a baby boomer I am worried about my future. Will there be money for me each month or will I have to continue to work and never be able to retire? As it stands now, with my pension, 401K, and Social Security it will be tight. Anyone else out there as upset about this news as I am? Come on! Complain to me! Maybe we can get something going to complain to the government about their actions!

]]> http://greatinfotips.com/social-security/feed/ 0 How to Avoid Being a Credit Fraud Victimhttp://greatinfotips.com/credit-card-fraud/ http://greatinfotips.com/credit-card-fraud/#comments Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:31:20 +0000 Rosie http://greatinfotips.com/credit-card-fraud/ I thought I would pass along some information sent to me about credit fraud. First of all, never ever sign the back of your credit card. Put these words on it instead: PHOTO ID REQUIRED. This will prevent thieves from using your credit cards if your wallet is stolen. When you write out checks to pay your credit card accounts only put the last 4 digits on the FOR line. This will prevent thieves from gaining your credit card number and running up the credit on your account. Put your work phone number on the checks instead of your home phone number. NEVER PUT YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER ON YOUR CHECKS!!!! You don’t want anyone to get this information.

Take any credit cards and licenses out of your wallet and photocopy them so you have the information you need if your wallet is stolen. Also copy on this paper(s) any phone numbers you will need to call the companies you have credit cards with should your wallet be stolen. Keep this information in a safe place at home. There is too much fraud going on and you really don’t want to be a victim.

If your wallet is stolen IMMEDIATELY REPORT TO THE POLICE! Don’t delay. Also contact the credit card companies to have the accounts canceled immediately. And most importantly of all, CALL ALL 3 NATIONAL CREDIT REPORTING ORGANIZATIONS.

These are important phone numbers to keep handy: ( 1) Equifax 1-800-525-6285; (2) Experian 1-888-397-3742; (3) Trans Union 1-800-680-7289; ( 4) Social Security Administration fraud line 1-800-269-0271

Take the time to alert family and friends about this information. It will be valuable should fraud happen to you. I hope you will never need to use this information, but you have now been forewarned.

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