From Victim To Victor: A Step By Step Guide For Ending the Nightmare of Identity Theft, Second Edition with CD - Softcover

Frank, Mari J.; Fetherling, Dale

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1892126044 ISBN 13: 9781892126047

Publisher: Porpoise Pr, 2005

Synopsis

Step-by-step instructions to regain your credit, identity, and sanity. The book and attached CD contain attorney-composed form letters that will save you time and money, as well as legal and consumer information to empower you to overcome and prevent further identity fraud. Original.

About this title

About the Author

Mari Frank, an attorney, professor, expert witness, and privacy and identity theft expert, in private practice in Laguna Niguel, California, has worked in the district attorney s office, practiced law in insurance defense, and has had a general civil law practice. Ms. Frank is a Certified Continuing Education Trainer for the State Bar of California, is a professor, and a sheriff reserve. As a privacy expert, Ms. Frank has authored the Identity Theft Survival Kit, From Victim to Victor: A Step-By-Step Guide For Ending The Nightmare of Identity Theft (First and Second Edition with CD), and Safeguard Your Identity: Protect Yourself With A Personal Privacy Audit, and Co-Authored Privacy Piracy with Beth Givens, the Director of the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse. Ms. Frank s own identity was assumed by an impostor who stole thousands of dollars,but Mari refused to be defeated as a victim; instead she chose to help thousands of victims with her web site, books, legislative work, and privacy advocacy. She has appeared on Dateline, 48 Hours, NBC, and ABC Nightly News, Investigative Reports, The O Reilly Factor, Connie Chung Tonight, dozens of other national television programs, and over 250 radio shows. She has been featured in the New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, U.S. News and World Report, Your Money Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The American Bar Journal, and many other national publications. Ms. Frank testified several times before the U.S. Senate, the California Legislature, the Federal Trade Commission, the Social Security Administration, and other agencies. She presented a televised C-Span speech at the White House for members of the legislature and former President Bill Clinton in 1999 regarding financial privacy. She serves on the Advisory Board of the State of California Office of Privacy Protection, the Identity Theft Resource Center, and she is a consultant for the governmental Office of Victims of Crimes. Ms. Frank recently presented a 90 Minute PBS Television Special which was aired nationwide entitled Identity Theft: Protecting Yourself in the Information Age. Mari provides training to governmental agencies, national corporations, lawyers, and law enforcement on privacy and identity theft issues.

From the Inside Flap

Mari Frank, Esq. was the pioneer in helping consumers and victims deal with identity theft. When she became a victim in 1996, there were no laws making identity theft a crime. She helped write legislation, testified at the state and federal level to help enact legislation, and even spoke at the White House on CSPAN- to create privacy and identity theft laws that recognized consumer rights. Her writings and work gave victims of this crime a chance to get help and regain their lives. United States Senator Dianne Feinstein wrote the Foreword to this book, acknowledging Mari s dedication to changing laws and commending her for this book. Mari originally had written the Identity Theft Survival Kit which included her first version of From Victim to Victor.

This new edition of From Victim to Victor: a Step by Step Guide for Ending the Nightmare of Identity Theft with CD brings hope, positive solutions, and real results to the many victims of identity theft who have had nowhere to turn for help until now. Mari created self-help recovery tools for victims of identity theft including the newest laws, critical consumer advice, legal suggestions, and all the steps to take. She s added a CD attached to the book, with attorney composed letters, forms, understandable steps and helpful resources. The book and CD are fact filled with crucial information showing you the actions and precautions you need to take to minimize your risk of identity theft. Even more importantly, if you become one of the 10 million new victims each year, this book effectively coaches you through each and every action you must take, who you must contact, what you need to say, how to complete the pre-formatted letters and essential forms, and how to deal with all the many unique challenges you may face to regain your most valuable asset-your identity.

This book will empower you with: 1. Easy to follow critical steps to protect your identity and regain it if stolen. 2. Simple to understand legal explanations of your rights. 3. Attorney composed, pre-formatted letters (on CD) to write to protect and exert your rights without having to hire a lawyer. 4. Success techniques to handle all issues to protect your privacy and good name.

The author of this book, an attorney, privacy expert, sheriff reserve, and former identity theft victim herself, knows what it is like to live in identity theft hell with an impostor parading in her profession and ruining her credit and reputation. As an attorney, and leading identity theft expert, she shows you how to deal with the various companies and agencies that may be reluctant to help you. She provides simple yet powerful, detailed instructions and specific, easy to understand legal explanations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the criminal statutes and other laws. Most importantly, it s like having your own private attorney to guide you. Her attorney-composed letters to the financial companies, law enforcement, and all other state and federal agencies will restore your reputation, credit, and clear your background if your impostor also committed criminal identity theft. These pre-formatted letters include your rights and the demands that you must make to clean up the mess and regain your identity. The CD (for a PC or Mac) with the steps, all the letters including the laws, the forms, affidavit and resources, allow you to complete the letters by filling in the blanks, complete the forms and affidavit and surf directly to the website resources. You ll have peace of mind knowing you have written a professional letter that includes legal requirements to effectively resolve your problems. It s like having your own lawyer coach showing you the way at a fraction of the cost of even one hour of attorney time. It will save you hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars of attorney fees. This book will empower you to overcome the fallout from this crime and it will show you how to prevent further Identity Fraud. You ll find do's and don'ts, insightful tips, (even how to use the media or hire an attorney if need be) and successful techniques for transforming yourself from "Victim to Victor". If you have been victimized, or you re concerned about being victimized do not despair, with this book, you ll have all the tools you need to defend yourself and shield your good name from the fastest growing crime in our country.

Edition details

• Publisher: Porpoise Pr
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1892126044
• ISBN 13: 9781892126047
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 176