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Parenting Pointers: Synthetic Identity Theft

Motherhood Moments

Children are especially vulnerable to a new form of identity theft – synthetic – which now makes up 85 percent of cases and means thieves use combinations of real and fake information to take out loans, get credit cards, purchase cars, collect unemployment, and much more. Shred documents that contain sensitive data.

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Yakezie Carnival October 16, 2011- Growth Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The angry mob is targeting the wrong street. Keeping your retirement account (and other documents) beneficiary designations up-to-date with an annual beneficiary review checklist. Beating Broke: The Value of Professional Conferences Professional conferences can be exhausting. Here is a real life example.

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