Locate Unclaimed Assets | Missing Money | Unclaimed Property

Posted on 25 May by Noah
If you've ever overpaid for something, closed an account and never received interest payment, were due a dividend but moved and the forwarding address expired and so on, you may have missing money or unclaimed assets somewhere. Here is a short list of helpful links where you can search for or locate your unclaimed assets if any exist. There are services that will do a more comprehensive search but if you have time or enjoy the hunt this might be for you. #1. The Government May Owe You Money This web site offers a list of links where you can check unclaimed property, credit unions, mortgage refunds, and more. I've listed a few of the links on the site below as well as a few others, however, if you start here it covers most if not all Unclaimed Government Fund web sites. #2. [...]

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How to Avoid Reverse Phone Lookup Scams

Posted on 03 May by Noah
This is a follow up post to my blog about Know Your Data Broker where I talked about Tamara Thompson's blog. I conducted some simple research to show the differences between what's available online regarding the various reverse phone lookup searches and will show three very different examples to include what bad web sites do to trick consumers and what a good web site should do to show they are trustworthy. As usual, I will also include what SearchBug does and what makes us different (and better) and why SearchBug customers appreciate everything we do. First test subject was found via a Google Advertisement. This company pays for traffic and has to use tricks to get customers. When I visited cellphonenumberlookups123 [dot] com it looks professional enough but has an [...]

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Identity Theft and SSN Randomization

Posted on 30 Apr by Noah
SSN Randomization is a project by the SSA in an effort to curb Identity theft victims in the USA. The Social Security Administration (SSA) will change the way Social Security Numbers are issued starting on June 25, 2011. Since 1973 SSN's have been issued based on the Zip Code of the mailing address of the SSN application. The first three digits of the SSN were tied to a particular state. After June 25, 2011 this will no longer be the case making it a little more difficult for Identity thieves to guess or obtain the SSN of their victims.Starting on June 25, 2011, the SSA will eliminate the geographical significance of the first three digits of the SSN, currently referred to as the area number, by no longer allocating the area numbers for assignment to individuals in specific [...]

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Know Your Data Broker

Posted on 29 Apr by Noah
Much like the banking industry has procedure called "KYC" which stands for Know Your Customer - consumers, investigators and other users of data brokers should adopt a "KYDB" or Know Your Data Broker. Tamara Thompson of PiBuzz.com really sums this up well. Her article includes a lot of information that has caused this industry to get a black eye. Just look at my blog about reverse phone lookup scams to see the details. We all know when it's too good to be true it probably is however, when Tamara discusses criminal records I have to shed light on the fact that there really is no single repository for Criminal Records and not every county court reports the same criminal activity. We've also noticed that there are often disparities in what consumers think is in criminal records and [...]

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Search all Craigslist or Backpage Cities at same time

Posted on 26 Apr by Noah
I've created this simple search box that will let you search all craigs items based on a key word. Search all Craigslist or Backpage cities at the same time. Looking for a special item or service and want to search all of Craigslist cities or search all of the cities in the Backpage at the same time? Well, now it's possible. Simply enter your search term in the "search all craigs" box below and click search and the tool will automatically search through all the craigslist ads in every available city for you automatically. Search All  Craigs: Want to search through all the Backpage cities simultaneously? Simply enter your search term in the "search all backpage" box below and click search and the tool will automatically search through all thebackpage ads in every [...]

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