Table Of ContentContents Before You Read This Book Introduction 1. A Time to Hide: Why Do You Need to Hide Your Money? 2. Isn't Hiding Your Money Illegal? 3. Men Behaving Badly 4. The Undercover Tourist: Cash and the Careful Traveler 5. Life in the Red Lane: Staying One Step Ahead of the Creditors 6. Hiding and the Single Gal 7. Victoria's Secrets 8. Please Give Me My Space: Finding the Ultimate Personal Hiding Place 9. Take the Money and Run: Keeping the IRS Out of Your Business 10. Extreme Hiding: Playing the Hiding Game for All It's Worth 11. Turning the Tables: How the Experts Find the Hidden Money 12. The Dirty Dozen: A Twelve Step Program Index
SynopsisProtect Yourself from Predators and Creditors There has never been a greater need for information on how to safeguard your hard-earned wealth. We all have something that we need to protect-whether it be cash, stocks, jewelry, or only our good name. Identity thieves use increasingly creative techniques to steal your identity from credit reports, ATM machines, mailboxes, loan applications, and the Internet. In this informative guide, you'll learn surefire ways to keep yourself from becoming a victim. You'll discover: ·The many ways thieves can steal your identity, and how to thwart them every time ·Where to hide personal bank and credit card statements, stock certificates, loan documents, and more ·The smart way to handle your mail, credit applications, bills, receipts, and PIN numbers ·Secrets the super-rich use to become financially invisible ·Creative places to hide cash and jewelry in hotel rooms ·And more! "Protect your cash and other assets-including your identity itself-with the simple and sophisticated techniques revealed for the first time inHiding Your Money.This book's a winner!" -Jeff A. Schnepper, Microsoft's Money Central tax expert and author ofHow to Pay Zero Taxes "As privacy concerns grow, it's good to know thatHiding Your Moneyis a resource that people can turn to for advice on preserving their financial privacy." -David L. Sobel, general counsel, Electronic Privacy Information Center "Hiding Your Moneyisexplosive.Tax lawyers and financial planners will have sleepless nights trying to catch up with its clever contents. This one-ups Howard Stern in daring, no-holds-barred, honest fact-telling." -Eric John Witmeyer, Los Angeles attorney Visit www.hidingyourmoney.com for news, resources, photos, tips, and answers from the authors., Protect Yourself from Predators and Creditors There has never been a greater need for information on how to safeguard your hard-earned wealth. We all have something that we need to protect--whether it be cash, stocks, jewelry, or only our good name. Identity thieves use increasingly creative techniques to steal your identity from credit reports, ATM machines, mailboxes, loan applications, and the Internet. In this informative guide, you'll learn surefire ways to keep yourself from becoming a victim. You'll discover: *The many ways thieves can steal your identity, and how to thwart them every time *Where to hide personal bank and credit card statements, stock certificates, loan documents, and more *The smart way to handle your mail, credit applications, bills, receipts, and PIN numbers *Secrets the super-rich use to become financially invisible *Creative places to hide cash and jewelry in hotel rooms *And more! "Protect your cash and other assets--including your identity itself--with the simple and sophisticated techniques revealed for the first time in Hiding Your Money. This book's a winner!" --Jeff A. Schnepper, Microsoft's Money Central tax expert and author of How to Pay Zero Taxes "As privacy concerns grow, it's good to know that Hiding Your Money is a resource that people can turn to for advice on preserving their financial privacy." --David L. Sobel, general counsel, Electronic Privacy Information Center "Hiding Your Money is explosive. Tax lawyers and financial planners will have sleepless nights trying to catch up with its clever contents. This one-ups Howard Stern in daring, no-holds-barred, honest fact-telling." --Eric John Witmeyer, Los Angeles attorney Visit www.hidingyourmoney.com for news, resources, photos, tips, and answers from the authors.