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Updated Feb 10, 2012

Q: New Baby and Savings Bonds    —Island Lake, IL

"I have a new baby and people are wanting to give her savings bonds. for this they want a social sec #...i am not com..."

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As the previous post said, the child's soc. sec. number is not required...the purchaser can use their own ss#. I have purchased savings bonds for my niece and nephew ...

As far as I know, and I could be wrong, if someone wants to give a federal savings bond or deposit money into a bright start plan, the social security number is required.

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Q: Seeking Advise About Car Trade in Gone Bad.    —Ogden, UT

"HI my mother bought a car a few months back from a car lot. anyways we thought that it was going to be trade in for t..."

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Get legal help. Period. My hubby says you have to. Lawyers know how to look over all the paperwork your mom signed. If she doesnt have it, get it from the dealersh...

This exact same thing happened to my husband and I? Do you mind if I ask where this happened?

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Q: Advice on Identity Theft    —Houston, TX

"Hi, I have a friend whose identity was stolen by using her checks. Her and her husband are on the acct. There have be..."

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I don't understand why the bank will still allow them to go through. Tell your friend to take the police report to the bank. I had an employee steal company chec...

I agree I think you need to find a new bank. and I would get the bank manager on the phone, they definitely should not be clearing checks on a closed account, thats c...

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Q: How Do You Report an Inappropriate Massage?    —Denver, CO

"I wasn't sure where else to go with this question. I'm coming up with dead ends and this board always comes through ..."

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Well you can flag the add and I would also post a message about this person and what happened, If it's the same poster that you had replied to before put their name on...

Hi! I'm so sorry you have had to deal with this. It sounds like he was totally unprofessional and inappropriate. It's people like him that give Massage Therapists a...

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Q: Fraud    —Rawlins, WY

"How do I even begin to recover from fraud when all has been cleaned out of my bank account."

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T., Go to the police, bank, and contact your credit cards. All of these will have advice for you. I pray for you as you go through this nasty situation. S.

T., I am so, so sorry to hear of your situation. Luckily, there are things you can do to help recover your money, protect yourself and help catch who did this to yo...

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Q: Debt Collection-am I Being Scammed?    —Tulsa, OK

"I will try to make this short. My husband divorced his first wife in 1997. They owned a home together that they pur..."

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There is such a thing as a deficiency judgment (meaning the lender files a lawsuit to recover and the court issues a judgment); however, some states have anti-deficien...

Dear K L, 3rd party debt collection companies and continue to attempt collection until the cows come home. The bottom line is this: The original debt is over 10...

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Q: Have You Heard of This Paypal Thing?    —Westerville, OH

"I won't go into the details of how it works, but has anyone on here tried or heard of a 'pay it forward' type of quic..."

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I had someone tell me about this...and being the gullable person I can sometimes be, I did it. Do not do it. It is a scam. They will send you an email that tells yo...

I have to agree w/ all the other moms who posted...sounds like a scam to me... two helpful websites to check emails/forwards that you receive: www.truthorfiction...

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Q: Question About Checking Child's Credit    —Inver Grove Heights, MN

"Ok, so I'm probably being a little jumpy here but here's the situation: I have given my mother in law my son's SS num..."

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you can get 1 free report from all 3 credit reporting agencies 1x per year per federal law. i know if you go online you have to be careful which site you chose so may ...

just so you know...they don't need the SSN to set it up...not even for a bank account... to control the issue, take control of it

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Q: Question About Identity Theft    —Elmwood Park, IL

"Hello, this is way off subject of most questions here, but I am really stressing out about this and am hoping someone..."

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its good that you put the fraud alert on that will deter a lot altough will end up being a huge pain for you in the future.. It happened to my husband and we still hav...

sorry! this must be incredibly frustrating to say the least. The IL Attorney General's Office has a helpline for people who are victims of identity theft. I would de...

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