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A keyword search in publications’ descriptions, by the term “fraud”, returned the following result on the first page:

31 publications matching your search criteria were found. Displaying matches 1 to 10 Title (publication type)Hide Summaries
Fraud and Theft Information Bureau Catalog (Catalog) Fraud and Theft Information Bureau Catalog (Catalog) Specialist in credit card and check fraud control and loss prevention for businesses, banks and consumers - manuals, fraud-blocker databases and consulting services. National Council for Reliable Health Information (Newsletter) National Council for Reliable Health Information (Newsletter) Information about health fraud, quackery and misinformation. BIN Number Directory of All Visa & Mastercard Issuing Banks (Directory) BIN Number Directory of All Visa & Mastercard Issuing Banks (Directory) Lists 16,650 Visa & 15,400 Master Card issuing banks.
Bank Fraud Bulletin (Newsletter) Bank Fraud Bulletin (Newsletter) Covers fraud and risk management topics.
Focus on Fraud (Newsletter) Focus on Fraud (Newsletter) Educates consumers regarding fraud in telemarketing and how to prevent it.
Health Care Fraud Litigation Reporter (Newsletter) Health Care Fraud Litigation Reporter (Newsletter) Provides coverage of federal and state prosecutors’ civil and criminal actions intended to reduce health-care fraud.
Health Care Fraud Report (Report) Health Care Fraud Report (Report) Takes a closer look at health care fraud and abuse issues.
White-Collar Crime Fighter (Newsletter) White-Collar Crime Fighter (Newsletter) Includes inside information about the latest frauds, scams and schemes, fraud-fighting tools, techniques, and technologies around.
Bank and Corporate Governance Law Reporter (Journal) Bank and Corporate Governance Law Reporter (Journal) Provides detailed information involving corporate control, fiduciary duties, securities fraud, and professional liability to both corporate counsel and litigators on suits by shareholders and….
Banker’s Hotline (Newsletter) Banker’s Hotline (Newsletter) Current trends, issues and regulations in bank insurance and risk management.
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The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse claims that records maintained by The Work Number may not be accurate. The PRC says that they’ve received complaints, from current or former employees of reporting companies, about job detail discrepancies.

…job titles have been misreported, indicating that an employee had a lesser job title than indicated on their resume and inaccuracies specifically with Johnson & Johnson noting employee “termination” rather than separation. Possible inaccurate records may affect the ability for employees noted in The Work Number records to gain employment with job prospects due to perceived inflated job titles and indications that a previous employee has been fired. More

Federal Trade Commission has issued final summaries of identity theft and general consumer rights under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 (FACTA).

The general consumer rights summary provides that:
- active duty military personnel have additional rights under the FCRA and FACTA

The identity theft rights summary states that:
- a consumer may request that a consumer reporting company block any information, not just account information, in the consumer’s file if the information is the result of identity theft.

- fraud alerts can be requested by the consumer over the telephone

This report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics provides demographic characteristics on the death row population through 2003.

Highlights include the following:
At yearend 2003, 37 States and the Federal prison system held 3,374 prisoners under sentence of death, 188 fewer than at yearend 2002.
Of those under sentence of death, 56% were white 42% were black, and 2% were of other races.
Forty-seven women were under sentence of death in 2003, up from 38 in 1993.

Websites that sell or provide free, public and non-public personal information, allow listed individuals to opt-out. A sampling of some of these very familiar companies is listed at the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse. The obvious problems attend for locate and background investigations. There’s no way to know if someone has opted-out. But if you rely on one of these companies, you may miss your target.