This page contains the five most recent stories from ACCESS. http://www.guardmycreditfile.org 2012-02-08T14:43:11+01:00 http://www.guardmycreditfile.org http://www.guardmycreditfile.org/images/M_images/rss.png text/html 2012-02-08T14:33:41+01:00 http://www.guardmycreditfile.org http://www.guardmycreditfile.org/content/view/1560/154/ February 8, 2012 - A lot of internet phishing scams are obvious. They include misspelled words, grammatical errors and promises of millions of dollars in payments in you will only agree to wire two or three thousand dollars to an account in Nigeria. Most of these scams are conducted by e-mail, and a lot of the email messages advertising them contain viruses and Trojan horses that are easily picked up by antivirus software. But there is a new breed of scam artists that are now operating and they are getting very sophisticated. In fact, they are so sophisticated that even the software you may use to protect yourself from scams like this can't protect you. text/html 2012-02-06T15:38:11+01:00 http://www.guardmycreditfile.org http://www.guardmycreditfile.org/content/view/1559/154/ February 6, 2012 - New York's State Comptroller, Tom DiNapoli is warning consumers not to become victims of a new scam. Targeted victims receive a regular postal mail letter stating that they have won a lottery or sweepstakes. Included with letter is a check that appears to be issued by the State of New York. And that check has apparently been a good enough forgery to fool some banks. Each check has DiNapoli's forged signature on it. text/html 2012-02-02T18:06:13+01:00 http://www.guardmycreditfile.org http://www.guardmycreditfile.org/content/view/1558/48/ February 2, 2012 - Yesterday, the President unveiled a new plan that he would like to implement to help prevent more foreclosures. The plan addresses one of the largest issues currently faced by borrowers who are still current on their mortgage payments but under water on the amounts they owe. People in this position have been unable to refinance their mortgages to take advantage of lower interest rates. But the President would like to pay for the plan by imposing a fee on banks. And that fee would likely be passed on to consumers. text/html 2012-01-31T18:27:49+01:00 http://www.guardmycreditfile.org http://www.guardmycreditfile.org/content/view/1557/138/ January 31, 2012 - If you have never heard of the Death Master File (DMF), which is released by the Social Security Administration, then you don't know what ID thieves do. Current law requires that the DMF be released to just about anyone who wants it. But there have been big problems as a result of that law and Congress may be ready to change it. text/html 2012-01-27T12:50:17+01:00 http://www.guardmycreditfile.org http://www.guardmycreditfile.org/content/view/1556/154/ January 27, 2012 - According to a report this morning on Fox News' Happening Now, criminal activity on Craigslist is on the rise. Most of the crimes involve scams and theft but there have also been at least twelve murders over the past year that are related to advertisements placed on the website. Just searching news articles on Google using the term Craigslist will give you an idea of the wide variety of crimes it is associated with. But there are things that you can do to protect yourself.