13 Year Old + Dad's Credit Card = Hookers Posted: 3 months ago by doggylives
A 13 year old from Texas who stole his Dad's credit card and ordered two hookers from an escort agency, has today been convicted of fraud and given a three year community order.
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Cat gets credit card with $4000 limit Posted: 2 years ago by teaya21
Messiah Campbell was considered a good enough credit risk to be given a card with a $4200 limit - which was surprising, considering he's a cat.
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Congress Critisizes Credit Card Companies Posted: 1 year ago by dork
Woot alliteration
Congress takes steps to get rid of shady and confusing credit card policies
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Via Details Credit Card-Sized Motherboard Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Taiwan's Via Technologies Inc. Thursday released details of its upcoming Pico-ITX motherboard, which is roughly the same size as a credit card and opens the door to very small PC designs.
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Identity theft protection: What to do Posted: 1 year ago by sweattshop
Identity theft occurs when someone uses your personal identifying information, like your name, Social Security number, or credit card number, without your permission, to commit fraud or other crimes. The Federal Trade Commission estimates that as many as 9 million Americans have their identities stolen each year. In fact, you or someone you know may have experienced some form of identity theft. Repairing the damage caused by identity thieves takes time and money.
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Bad credit? Do NOT cancel your credit cards Posted: 2 years ago by kissmenow
If your credit card spending is out of control, you may be tempted to cancel some of your cards so that you can elevate your score. But simply cutting up the card the old-fashioned way, rather than canceling it, may be the better way to go.
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Bank of America takes fire over migrants' credit cards Posted: 2 years ago by sfeldner
Are you an Illegal? No Social Security Number? Don't have a home address? Do you live out of your car? Have you been trying to get a checking account and Banks won't even give you the time of day? Well, your worries are over! We at the Bank of America feel your pain and we're here to help. Come on down and we'll give you a credit card!
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Verizon worker stole customer IDs Posted: 10 months ago by unoriganl
A woman who worked at a Verizon store at the Green Acres Mall in Valley Stream stole the identities of more than 25 customers and used their personal information to get fraudulent credit cards, Nassau police said.
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TJX: At least 45.7M card numbers stolen Posted: 1 year ago by ReBoot
More than two months after first disclosing that hackers accessed customers' financial data from its computers, discount retailer TJX Cos. has revealed that information from at least 45.7 million credit and debit cards was stolen over an 18-month period.
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The Torn-Up Credit Card Application Posted: 2 years ago by videoguy
Tearing up credit card applications just isn't good enough. Use a shredder.
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Researchers see privacy pitfalls in no-swipe credit cards Posted: 2 years ago by tlovesd
The card companies have implied through their marketing that the data is encrypted to make sure that a digital eavesdropper cannot get any intelligible information.
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Would You Vote for a Presidential Candidate Based on Their Credit Card Debt? Posted: 3 weeks ago by tubalusa
It was recently reported that John McCain and his wife Cindy may have as much as $250,000 in credit card debt. They also reported that they have an American Express card for a "dependent child" that is carrying a balance of between $15,000 and $50,000. On the flip side, Barack Obama reported no credit card debt in his annual financial disclosures.
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Banks use gobbledygook to mask sleazy practices Posted: 2 years ago by Alton
Confused by all the small print on credit card applications?
Well, that's the point.
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Federal Goverment Wastes More Money (Again) Posted: 4 months ago by gammerus
"Federal employees charged millions of dollars for Internet dating, tailor-made suits, lingerie, lavish dinners and other questionable expenses to their government credit cards over a 15-month period, congressional auditors say."
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CT brings back different gas pricing for cash and credit cards Posted: 2 months ago by hmtksteve
CT is now allowing gas station owners to offer discounted prices to consumer who pay with cash rather than a credit card. Considering the bite credit card companies take out of each transaction this is great news for station owners and customers.
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First WiMax Laptop Card Approved Posted: 1 year ago by Cristian
The first WiMax wireless broadband laptop PC card was approved and is offered by Clearwire. The card should be available later this year.
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$7 Credit Repair Posted: 1 year ago by joelr710
Just released today for everyone to check out. The 7dollar credit repair report that is. In case you are curious...
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'Falsely accused paedophiles were actually victims of credit card fraud' Posted: 1 year ago by Hoosker
More than 7,000 - including rock star Pete Townshend - were said to have downloaded child-porn images from a U.S. website.
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8 year old Ontario boy with Leukemia wants to set record for the most birthday cards recieved Posted: 2 years ago by TheBlueFrog
Pretty self explanatory. Lets see how many he can get.
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Last year's worst pass defence meets last year's best pass offense. Posted: 2 years ago by tomphoolry
Texas A & M's easy 4-0 record meets it's first real test Saturday against the Red Raiders. Fireworks expected.
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Fake Hookers + Fake Credit Cards + Fake 13yr olds = Marketing? Posted: 3 months ago by MissWinkle
What a virtual world we travel through sometimes. A (relatively) innocent marketing ploy has stirred up media attention ranging from the front page of Digg to coverage on Fox News. Update to this story.
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