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This is one reason it is so difficult to get a short sale deal completed, there is loads of money to be made by some banks…………..with no risk!  Who pays?  We do,  with higher bank fees to pay for FDIC insurance.  The fact that there is a Goldman Sachs VP involved (benefits) does not help [...]

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You are looking to make some extra money and you see an ad looking for a mystery shopper or a secret shopper.  When you contact the company about the position, you are told you can earn money by acting as a "mystery” or “secret” shopper purchasing items at different stores or dining at different restaurants [...]

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Identity fraud and credit fraud is getting more prevalent.  Identify thieves can  get the necessary information to compromise your credit/identity in a variety of ways.  Stealing outgoing mail from your mail box,  Internet scams that promise a $$$$ and require personal information to join,  or an email “from your bank” requesting updates to your personal [...]

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Someone I Know emailed me last week about Imperia Invest IBC, asking if I thought it was a scam.  Apparently a lot of people are signing up for the program.
Here are my thought:
1. The web site is in broken English (remember the Nigerian diplomat scam?)
2. No contact phone numbers, address appears to be a drop [...]

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You get a card in the mail about this or that offering information about a product or service, think nothing of it and fill it in and mail it back.   Or you fill in a competition  entry at a local home show.  What you have done is create a “business relationship” with the vendor that [...]

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