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NEW YORK – Getting your credit report in shape in 2009 is a sound New Year’s resolution. Just make sure you’re not reeled into any scams.

Getting your credit report in shape is a sound idea after the money-spending holiday season. Just make sure you’re not reeled into any scams. With a deepening recession leaving more people in financial distress, fraudulent services promising to scrub credit reports of negative information are rampant. Just this year, the Federal Trade Commission saw a 50 percent spike in complaints about such …

People across the country are finding that they have used their credit unwisely and owe creditors a great amount of money that is increasing every day because of the interest charged to the account. As they search for a solution to their financial problems, many people contact credit counseling companies that promise to repair their credit and give them a clean slate to start fresh. Over the last several years, companies that scam people have become experts at taking advantage of people in di

Financial schemes aplenty Posted in News on January 5th, 2009 at 11:41 am by Courier Times Editor Jackie Massott Don’t fall for financial schemes during these economic hard times, warns the Network of Victims Assistance.NOVA says some scams on the rise include: - Transfer of money from financial institutions – scammers claiming to be from Citibank recently sent out an e-mail to advise people to transfer their money to a “safe” overseas location in case U.S. financial institutions collapse.

The Better Business Bureau receives calls on it every day. It’s a scam that’s hitting people who are in the poorest of financial situations. Consumers across the United States are losing substantial sums of money responding to TV, newspaper or Web site advertisements that “guarantee” loans to people with poor credit.