Example of a Cleverly Disguised Hijacking Attempt

Watch out for all the very well done cleverly disguised attempts to get your login name and password to various websites such as PayPal, Amazon.com, your Bank accounts, Facebook, plus email providers such as Gmail, and other sites.

For example, reprinted below is one of the more clever ones making the rounds today, which I am sure could work very well for the hijacker of your account:

“Gmail technology team has recently launched Google web software to protect and secure all Gmail Accounts. This system also enhanced efficient networking and fully supported browser. You need to upgrade to a fully supported browser by filling out the details below for validation purpose and to confirm your details on the new webmaster Central system.

ID:
PASSWORD:
LOCATION:

Note: Your account will be disabled permanently if you failed to provide the details required above within 72hours. Gmail will not be held responsible for your negligence. The Google web Service.”

Family Financial Expert & Personal Finance Advisor

What with the very tough economy and hard times so many are enduring there is a greater need for a family financial expert to help your family finances. Personal financial solutions need to be easily implemented, free and also simple. Falling into debt is something most of us manage to do very well. In fact, we are experts at it, especially in the past when consumer credit and stated income or no-doc mortgage loans were readily available.

The fact is the major credit card companies, mortgage lenders and banks have become real leery of extending credit over the past few years. As a result, your credit bureau report and FICO credit score likely declined. In addition, you may have lost much of your old spending power but don’t despair as that may actually be a blessing in disguise if you can get established on a mostly cash basis and use debit cards more often vs credit cards.

Try real hard to stop living pay-day to pay-day and sometimes needing short term loans or credit card cash advances, and especially avoid the incredible high interest rate payday loans. However, if you fall into that credit trap at least seek out a good family financial expert and advisor, as soon as possible. The advisor may be able to also help-out as far as a mortgage loan modification is concerned, though that’s not easily done. In the meantime, try to avoid drowning under a mountain of bills!

Please pay a visit to Family Financial Expert website for additional information about investing and debts.

Consumer Credit Card Warning – Press Release

The major credit card banks and firms including American Express, Discover Card, Visa Card and Mastercard are currently allegedly doing everything they can which in-effect seriously impacts credit card users and of major detriment to the already poor economy and public interest. They are doing things such as sharply lowering credit limits, restricting and closing accounts sometimes arbitrarily, imposing excessive fees and high interest rates. Much of those customer negatives are being done with flimsy, little or no valid reason.

A major impact of those credit-card issues is not only the significant lowering of consumer spending power and access to credit for emergencies but also reductions in FICO credit scores which occur when your credit card balance becomes a higher ratio vs your credit limit. That severely impacts other loans including car loan and home mortgage interest rates which rates can be significantly higher as a highly related side-effect and end-result of how poorly the large credit card issuers are treating many of their credit-card holders.

Still another serious issue is the fact credit-cards routinely permit you to exceed your assigned card credit limit. For example, we have been told by a Wells Fargo bank card employee they allow credit limits to be automatically exceeded by as much as 20%. At first you may think that is actually a nice benefit from your credit card issuer but unfortunately it may sometimes turn-out to be a nightmare.

The reason it’s really a major negative for you is the fact unless you promptly pay the full over-the-limit amount along with your regular payment there are substantial costs involved, i.e. approx $39 over-limit fee, $35 late-charge and you can also expect a huge increase of your card interest rate to say 24.99% or even more with some credit cards.

Remember, all that severe damage to your finances can happen even if you exceed your credit limit by an insignificant amount, perhaps just a few dollars possibly resulting from you not closely monitoring your credit card account balance on a daily or even a real-time basis, as consumers do not do.

Keep in mind as long as you fail to pay the exact over-limit amount and all the high associated costs they continue to be charged each and every month. Very quickly the monthly fees can easily exceed your minimum payment amount by as much as 150% or more from what we have seen, i.e. minimum payment of about $80 but monthly fees and interest charge of roughly $200 per month.

In-effect that means the credit card account will never be paid off and balance will only increase for years into the future unless you come into lots of money one day to pay the credit card off, or you could easily owe hundreds of thousands of dollars on your original low balance credit card over time!