Due to many hacks and breaches of personal information, having a tax return filed fraudulently in your name has become a problem in recent years. Criminals gather enough information about you to file ...
Replace Lost Or Stolen Savings Bonds: A Real Life Experience
When the burglars broke into my home, they stole my stack of Series I Savings Bonds (see previous post Lessons After A Burglary: Physical Security). I started buying paper savings bonds in 2001. I ...
Lessons After A Burglary: Physical Security
"What if I lose this?" That's the question I should've asked myself more often. I hope you will ask the question now so that you don't get caught after the fact. I came back from work one ...
Protect Your Investment Accounts With A Security Token: Fidelity, Schwab, E*Trade, Vanguard
This is a little crazy. I can stop someone from logging into my web email account because it requires a 6-digit code that changes every 30 seconds (gmail 2-step verification), but I can't stop someone ...
Proactively Protect Your Account Against Fraud
This post brought to you by Chase. The content and opinions expressed below are that of The Finance Buff. At work, we have some visitors from another country. While chatting with them at lunch, I ...
Encrypted USB Flash Drive For Financial and Legal Documents
As many employees working for a large company do these days, I get a laptop issued by the company. You are not supposed to use it for personal business, but I'm not that good in strict compliance. ...