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How Identity Theft Destroys Your Credit Score

by Jeff Rose on February 23, 2010

in Credit Cards, Guest Post

This is a guest post by Carrie Davis who is a personal finance blogger at SpendOnLife.com.

Some cases of identity theft are pretty minor. Maybe you notice a couple transactions you didn’t make on your credit card statement, and a quick call to your bank about the fraud resolves the issue. But other forms of identity theft can be a nightmare to recover from, and can wreck your credit score in the process. Here’s how it happens.

How Identity Theft Destroys Your Credit
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How to Keep Your Computer Files Safe and Sound

February 11, 2010 Dollars and Cents
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This is a guest post by Paul from the Fiscal Geek.
It’s a story you’ve heard a million times before. You’re sitting in Economics 101 and you look out across campus to see thousands of invading forces parachuting onto the football field. You grab your laptop and jump into your buddies pickup truck to head to [...]

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How to report the loss of your credit card in case it is stolen

February 5, 2010 Credit Cards
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Have you reported the loss of your stolen credit, ATM card or debit card? Luckily, I’ve been fortunate to have never had my wallet stolen so I haven’t had to mess with it.  I have had two minor cases of identity theft, and that was a nuisance in itself.   This guest post is by Debbie [...]

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How To Be a Successful Freelance Writer

February 3, 2010 Entrepreneurship
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This is the first post my our new staff writer Miranda Marquit. Since Miranda has excelled at being a freelance writer, I thought what not a better introductory post than for her to share how she has become successful at what she does Enjoy!
Freelance writing can be a great way to make money. [...]

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How to Save Money on the Web: 3 Types of Subscription Tools

January 27, 2010 Dollars and Cents
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There’s only one reason why we hate holidays: huge spending they entail.That’s the time when we are forced to shop a lot and one good way to save on holiday shopping is by tracking deals and special offers.

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Luckily, the Internet brings us a lot of handy tools that make shopping smarter and [...]

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10 Tips for Budgeting in the New Year

January 26, 2010 Dollars and Cents
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You know you should do it and you know why, but making a budget and sticking to it has not been easy right? Well if you’ve tried and failed in the past to stick to your budget, that is no reason to stop trying, it is simply a information you need to take with you [...]

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Why You Should Check Your Credit Report Regularly

January 19, 2010 Guest Post
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This is a guest post from Patrick from Cash Money Life. Veteran, father, husband, blogger and an all around swell guy.

Your credit report is one of the most important financial records you have when you are applying for a loan or trying to rent a house or apartment. But your credit report can also be [...]

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The New Reward Credit Cards

January 11, 2010 Credit Cards
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You’ve heard about new laws on credit cards for 2010 in the media during the past couple months, and while it can be rather confusing on what everything is all about, the credit card industry is changing, and it’s changing fast. If you’re like me, and you can’t keep up, I wanted to show [...]

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How Our Aging World Population Could Lead To An Economic Crisis

December 31, 2009 Guest Post
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This article was written by OilPrice.com who focus on Fossil Fuels, Alternative Energy, Metals, Oil Prices and Geopolitics.
Since all the way back in the 1960s, it has been portrayed as a looming and impending economic shockwave that would one day rock the entire world. However, back in those days, the event was viewed as [...]

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Warning! The 80% Rule May Not be Enough to Retire

December 13, 2009 Guest Post
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How much do you need to retire? The usual suggestion provided by financial planners and retirement calculators is 75% to 85% (roughly 80%) of your pre-retirement income. But is that really enough money to retire with security? Does the 80% rule-of-thumb work under all circumstances, or is it merely a rough approximation to simplify the [...]

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7 Things that Make Good Financial Cents for Managing Your Finances

December 3, 2009 Dollars and Cents
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Managing Your Finances Wisely
If you look at a list of things that man is obsessed with, you’ll see that money features way at the top. It is what moves the world, it is what drives us to succeed, and it is what we sometimes give more importance to than even the air we breathe. [...]

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Fundraising for a Baseball Team

December 1, 2009 Guest Post
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This is a guest post by Craig Kessler, marketing director of BudgetPulse who also manages the BudgetPulse blog and can be reached on Twitter.
Johnny plays for the Wichita Tigers, a little league team in Kansas that he has been playing on for the past four years, ever since he was 10.  He [...]

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Shop Safely Online and Become Debt Free During Black Friday

November 24, 2009 Guest Post
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This is a guest post by Charissa Cowart from eBillme.
The holiday shopping season is within arm’s reach and this is probably the time when most people start swiping those credit cards. If you pay attention to the news at all during the holiday shopping months you’ll hear a lot [...]

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Anouncing Staff Writer JoeTaxpayer to GFC

November 8, 2009 Guest Post
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I’m excited to share that a new staff writer will be contributing to Good Financial Cents. JoeTaxpayer, who authors the self titled blog, will be sharing his expertise here from time to time.  I’ve been wanting to add more quality tax posts, but my schedule has prevented me from doing so.  Joe will be able [...]

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