Susan Tompor Detroit Free Press Published 7:00 AM EDT Sep 19, 2018 Tracey Taschereau tried over and over again to find a quick loan online. And somehow, the scammers figured out she was desperate. Tascherau, 48, had trouble paying everything from payday loans to utility bills to the property taxes owed a home she was buying on a land contract in Dearborn Heights. Her bank account had but $100 or $200. She only had seasonal part-time work in a school cafeteria. So she searched online for loans made to people in tough spots. And she was rejected each and every time. “I have real bad credit, so the payday loans are hard to get too,” Taschereau said. All of a sudden, though, she got an email out of the blue in early February from an outfit called Ace Cash Express saying she was approved for a loan. “OK, great somebody is finally willing to lend me money that I need,” she thought. “They asked for my bank account information … [Read more...] about How check scam victim paid price for depositing a fake check
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Credit freeze: A misunderstood freebie that you actually want
Susan Tompor Detroit Free Press Published 10:00 p.m. UTC Sep 6, 2018 Just one year ago, consumers woke up and discovered that hackers had one heck of a field day with their Social Security numbers and other information in a massive data breach at Equifax. Equifax's screw-up would forever leave millions just that much more vulnerable to ID theft. Face it, it's not like you can change the locks on the side door. Once hacked, your Social Security number is out there indefinitely. Beginning Sept. 21, though, a new federal law will help consumers stop intruders in their tracks. The three big credit reporting agencies — Equifax, Experian and TransUnion — will be required to offer you a credit freeze, free of charge. Such a freeze will restrict access to your credit file and help stop crooks from opening credit cards in your name. Also starting Sept. 21, parents across the country will be able to get a free credit freeze for children under … [Read more...] about Credit freeze: A misunderstood freebie that you actually want
Can you guess who has £10,000 and who has £24? What’s really inside these 25-year-olds’ bank accounts
IMAGINE turning 25 and seeing that your bank account had been boosted with a birthday present of £10,000. It’s the stuff of dreams, right? Well, if The Resolution Foundation had its way, this wouldn’t just be every young person’s fantasy - it would actually happen for real. The independent think tank says all 25 year-olds, no matter how rich or poor, should receive a lovely little £10k nest egg from the government to help with tuition fees, buying a home or caring costs. Supposedly, this would balance out inter-generational unfairness to help young people, already priced out of the housing market and struggling with insecure jobs, to stand on their own financial feet. But, if this were to happen in reality, would anyone really look after the handout in a sensible way and invest it wisely in their future? Or would they head to the nearest travel agent and splurge it on a one-way trip to Bali? We take a closer look at the bank accounts and spending habits of … [Read more...] about Can you guess who has £10,000 and who has £24? What’s really inside these 25-year-olds’ bank accounts
Documentary: Hobart woman may have fed dismembered lover to neighbors at barbecue, killed up to nine people
A forthcoming documentary suggests a Hobart woman who's serving a life sentence in prison for her role in two killings may have been a serial killer who also fed the remains of her dismembered lover to neighbors at a barbecue in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.Investigation Discovery, a crime-themed cable network that reaches 85 million U.S. households, will air the true crime thriller "Dead North" about Kelly Cochran, a Northwest Indiana woman who pleaded guilty to the 2016 murder of her husband, Jason Cochran, at their home on the 7100 block of Mississippi Street of Hobart. Cochran told Hobart police she injected her husband with heroin and smothered him with a pillow as revenge for the murder of her lover Christopher Regan, who she lured to her other home in Iron River, Michigan, with the promise of sex. Her husband burst out of the basement and shot Regan in the head with a .22 caliber rifle during the act, which the couple had plotted after making a "pact to kill off … [Read more...] about Documentary: Hobart woman may have fed dismembered lover to neighbors at barbecue, killed up to nine people
When Credit Scores Become Casualties Of Health Care
After a devastating horse-riding accident in January 2017 landed him in the hospital for about 30 days, requiring trauma care and hospital-based therapy, Jeff Woodard considered himself lucky. The bills amounted to hundreds of thousands of dollars. But Woodard’s employer-sponsored health insurance limited his out-of-pocket maximum payment to $5,000. He reached that “within like a day,” he recalled. His retired parents relocated from their small town in Massachusetts to help Woodard, now 27, who lives just outside of Denver, through his recovery. With their support, and regular outpatient therapy, he returned to working full time in just two months. But he didn’t expect another set of payments to haunt him and his parents for nearly a year, ultimately going to collections, and threatening to weaken his credit rating for years more. While medical bills are a leading source of personal bankruptcy in the United States, a far more common problem is the widespread … [Read more...] about When Credit Scores Become Casualties Of Health Care