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The Trap Financial Criminals in a Time of Crisis
It appears that financial criminals, who took advantage of the lack of regulation in recent years, now want to get the juice to the time after the economic crisis to return to fill their pockets with our money. You know, “a troubled water Therefore it is desirable that you are aware of a few traps based on the current distrust in banks, fears of foreclosure and credit problems.
One of these dangers is the e-mails that appear to come from your own loan company, your bank or to the government and ask for your Social Security, bank account numbers or codes. The royal agencies never ask that information online, so give it to beware of these fraudsters, and if you do, you’d be a risk that they will steal your identity.
Nor trust the offers that you are being asked to firm ownership of your house in exchange for paying your mortgage so that you avoid the taint of a foreclosure on your credit. As dangerous as that is the alleged “investor” that offers you renegotiate your mortgage with your bank in exchange for a check for $ 1,000. That’s something you could do yourself without having to pay money that you will surely lose.
Beware also of bogus checks of several thousand dollars for alleged prizes won. They tell you to deposit it and twist them a fee to pay for certain positions. But as the check is counterfeit, you end up with a penalty for paying a check that bounced and without the money they turned your. Remember that any reputable company asks you to send money to participate in a contest.