ConsumerAffairs sheds light on the rise of government benefit theft in the U.S. in 2023 and provides advice on how to protect yourself from this crime.
Thought I knew all about the information that consumer reporting agencies were collecting on me. Then I discovered The Work Number a database that reports every paycheck I've received from my company, with net and gross amounts, going back to my hire date six years ago.
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I thought I knew all about the information that consumer reporting agencies were collecting on me. Then I discovered The Work Number — a database that reports every paycheck I’ve…