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Dorothy
Topeka, KS
Age: 40
Jun 18, 2009
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very interesting thread about
The thread is long, and getting longer by the day, but very very interesting!
Submitted Link #1: http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=15385...
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| 6045. |
Ron
Detroit, Michigan
Age: 60
Jun 18, 2009
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Canadian Drivers Licenses
I have seen Canadian Drivers Licenses mentioned here before (but if I recall correctly they had been obtained some time ago).
Do you (or anyone else on here) have any idea if any province(s) in Canada currently issue drivers licenses to foreigners (US citizens to be specific) who do not have any sort of Canadian visa/residency?
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No, that will not (legally) work.
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| 6044. |
Rob
Springfield, IL
Age: 27
Jun 18, 2009
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re: Bob #6041
You need an attorney who specializes in criminal defense. Until you find an attorney, say nothing to any law enforcement agent who attempts to contact you except "I'm currently seeking out an attorney and when I retain one, I will have him or her contact you."
I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH HOW IMPORTANT IT IS, REGARDLESS OF HOW YOU MAY FEEL ABOUT THIS ADVICE, TO FOLLOW IT. If you feel ill-equipped to politely decline a law enforcement request to speak with you, you may find the video link below helpful. It has been posted here before. In the strongest possible terms, I recommend everyone view it - if you are ever caught in an unfortunate circumstance like Bob, it will save you legal fees. If it one day saves you prison time, it may be the most important 45 minutes of your life.
BOB - IT DOES NOT MATTER THAT YOU HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING WRONG. DO NOT SPEAK WITH THE POLICE EXCEPT THROUGH AN ATTORNEY. Even if you are, foolishly, intent on talking to the police, at least wait until you hear from an actual criminal defender, who handles these matters every day. In fact, ask 10 criminal defenders if they think it's a good idea to speak to the police - even if you've done nothing wrong.
AGAIN, BOB, GET A CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY AND DO NOT DISCUSS ANYTHING WITH ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER UNLESS YOUR ATTORNEY IS PRESENT.
Submitted Link #1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqMjMPlXzdA...
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| 6043. |
Dave
Chicago, IL
Age: 49
Jun 18, 2009
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Lien on relative's account for my debt
I'm recently divorced and have 2 children. I'm behind in my child support payments, and I recently contacted Illinois Family Services to arrange a repayment plan for the amount I owe.
When I tried to make a debit card payment 12 hours later the transaction was declined. I called my bank's automated balance system and found my balance to be $0, despite having made a $5,000 deposit two days earlier. A customer service rep at the bank informed me that Family Services had levied my account for the entire balance due. Several hours later my mother called to inform me that her account had also been levied. I was listed as Power of Attorney on her account 30 years ago and had forgotten all about it.
Does anyone know if it is legal to seize assets of an account owned by one individual for debts of another individual having POA?
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You need an attorney, and fast! Later on, when you get back on your feet, do not keep an account in your name. In fact, you may not wish to have an account at all. Run your life on a cash basis, and do not be listed as having a PoA on ANY account.
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| 6042. |
linda
Portland, Oregon
Age: 58
Jun 18, 2009
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how do i advertise a ghost address and a rural private RV lot for rent without attracting every nut job?
I am buying a rural parcel that has a separate area with an old RV on it-I plan to remove that and want to rent for cash to someone who might want to live there in their own RV anonymously, also I can pick up and forward mail for someone. How would I go about advertising this or finding clients?
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Craigslist, but this will take some serious thought.
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| 6041. |
Bob
Detroit, MI
Age: 36
Jun 17, 2009
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How to explain multiple names linked to same address(mail-drop)
Help. I've been using a private office owned by a friend as a mail-drop for years. Now, I discover the friend is in trouble with authorities who've linked his address to my LLC. What am I to do?
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See #6044 and FOLLOW HIS ADVICE!
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| 6040. |
Randy
cocoa beach FL
Age: 44
Jun 16, 2009
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GPS unit
Besides climbing underneath vehical with flashlight and searching for a device the size of a magnetic key holder(available online for less than $200) are there any other simple alternatives for detection? This unit is a receiver, does not transmit and is recovered at a later time then info is down-loaded.
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| 6039. |
linda
portland Oregon
Age: 58
Jun 16, 2009
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selling property to my own LLC
If I currently have some land parcels and I want to sell them to my own LLC to lessen my potential liability once I start development on them, in what order would I need to do the following:
set up a ghost address, set up an LLC, set up a non-interest bearing bank account in the name of the LLC, fill out the deed of sale and record it (Also, if I am selling the land to my own LLC, will my personal name/signature have to be shown on the recorded documents and in the tax rolls if someone should decide to search there for any potential assets?)
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Titling land in an LLC protects your PRIVACY. It does not necessarily give you asset protection--that is another field.
The LLC should use a ghost adress, such as the one in Alaska. I have never used an LLC for a bank account. (This is explained in "Invisible Money.") When you talk about "starting development," this may be a good time to talk to a local expert, such as your tax attorney or CPA. They might recommend using an Oregon LLC rather than NM, if there is any chance of a lawsuit some day.
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| 6038. |
Sebastian
Knoxville, TN
Age: 59
Jun 16, 2009
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re: 6030 and 6029
James, there is such a thing as detecting semiconductor junctions, but it is different from the GPS detector. The GPS detector is a receiver that picks up the first local oscillator of the GPS receiver.
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Sharie
Mississauga, Ontario
Age: 37
Jun 16, 2009
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#6036 Bulk Purchasing
This is in reply to the post about Costco. Here is Canada we have a Loblaws chain of stores (which includes Wholesale Club) with huge ClubPack sections enabling customers to purchase the same types of products (mutlipacks, large "economy" sizes, etc)available at Costco. Much more private option in that no membership is required (and thus no fee)and therefore you are not providing them with your name, address, and so forth.
Submitted Link #1: http://www.loblaw.ca/en/abt_corprof.html#top...
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| 6036. |
Tommy
Yonkers NY
Age: 52
Jun 15, 2009
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COSTCO: Anonymous member info??
I am signing up with Costco momentarily. I did the math and it's well worth the $50.00 membership fee.
What type of personal info is required to become a member aside from photo ID?? When I signed up for Sam's Club day pass, they entered my driver's license info into their database. Will Costco do the same??
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I've been a member for over 20 years. I no longer remember what was asked for, but it's in the name of a Wyoming corporation. No address. (That part irks them but I insist I do not want ANY mail from Costco coming to my address.)
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| 6034. |
Angel
Providence, UT
Age: 28
Jun 15, 2009
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RE: 6029 IP addresses from cell phones
Dorothy, the quality of the geolocation database your forum uses is what determines how "trackable" an IP address is. Of coarse the fact that the cell-phone is mobile makes it much harder to find your actual location.
Geolocation databases come in all shapes and sizes. Some, like the free Maxmind GeoLite City, use the information ICANN provides. While "for pay" geolocation databases use information from other sources such as tracking cookies, online subscriptions and purchase information. I suspect your forum is using a cheaper, less accurate database.
Interesting point... I'm currently on-site at a location in a major US city and I just ran a test with two co-workers phones (Verizon and ATT). I went to ip2location to seeing just how accurate their geolocation database is. The Verizon phone showed a town about 100 miles away and the ATT phone showed a town about 20 miles away. Both co-workers first powered on their phones at home so you would expect the IP address and geolocation accuracy to be based on their home address. But the Verizon user's home is about 25 miles in the opposite direction and the ATT user's home is within 2 miles of work. I then recycled the power on the phones and both got new IP addresses. Most home broadband connections will keep the same IP address for months or even years but it appears that cell-phone carriers will assign a new IP address when powering-up.
So... as I'm writing this I'm re-evaluating my original statement. It would appear that a cell-phone IP address is broadly trackable with common geolocation technology. But I would still be cautious with the sites you visit and never enter any personal information from the cell-phone.
Submitted Link #1: http://www.ip2location.com/...
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| 6033. |
James
Lewiston, ID
Age: 32
Jun 15, 2009
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re: 6030 and 6029
randy,
I think I remember hearing about a bu detector that senses the semiconductor logic gates hemselves. That should work until someone goes 19th/early 20th century on you. GLONASS and LORAN are alternatives to GPS for location (which behave slightly differently see thickipedia) as is inertial nav.
Dorothy,
I think you are missing something. some of the tools I would use are dig (dns tool from bind), whois, and say the ARIN website among others.
Let's say I wanted to find previous step of an ssh attack targeting my computer. the attack appears to be coming from 88.182.114.177, a quick 'dig ptr 177.114.182.88.in-addr.arpa.' (the order of the octets is reversed) indicates that that IP address point to the name men13-6-88-182-114-177.fbx.proxad.net. first guess it's a dynamic addres from an ISP. The ARIN site when provided with the address points to RIPE and RIPE (being the European peer of ARIN in the US) points to the address being allocated to proxad.net. Finally, a quick visit to the proxad.net website indicates they are a French ISP. (This also works pretty well with adresses pulled from the headers of spam). I'm pretty sure there is an automated tool to do this, but I've never used one and I don't know where to look for a windows copy. Note that this is likely illegal in the US due to worthless legislation.
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Sebastian
Knoxville, TN
Age: 45
Jun 15, 2009
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#6030 (Nosy People)
A GPS detector. It detects the emissions from the GPS receiver. Search the Internet.
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| 6031. |
randy
cocoa fla
Age: 44
Jun 14, 2009
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Fla DMV& LLC No Problem
I expected the DMV to ask me several questions when registrating my vehical in my new LLC. Not so, she spent a few moments examing paperwork,looked at me, asked who I was, "purchasing agent I replied", sign here... Never asked for an ID or proof of insurance. Also, I highly recommend doing this on a Friday and as close to 5pm as possible. HTBI LLC's are worth every penny!
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randy
cocoa FL
Age: 45
Jun 14, 2009
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Nosy People
Is there a device that can detect tracking devices placed on your vehical that reports its position either in real time or has to be retrieved from the vehical and downloaded.
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| 6029. |
Dorothy
Topeka, KS
Age: 40
Jun 14, 2009
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IP addresses from cell phones
I have access to a cell phone that has internet access on it. I also have access (as moderator/administrator) to a forum. One of the forum's handy-dandy tools is to track the IP addresses of its users. So out of curiousity, I made up a User ID from my cell phone with internet access, and then ran an IP address check on the IP address that the forum was showing for my phone. The IP address checker site only shows "USA" for my location when posting from phone - and it shows Opera Mini as the web browser being used. It does NOT show a city or even a state. It does NOT show which carrier my cell phone is based from. It does NOT even show that the IP address is a cell phone, except for the fact that Opera Mini is a cell-phone based browser, a fact which most computer & phone-savvy people would already know. My questions are these: 1) Am I "missing something" regarding IP address checking tools? 2) Is it possible that cell phone internet access isn't as "trackable" as computer-based internet access? Thanks in advance!
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Aaron
St. Louis, MO
Age: 38
Jun 12, 2009
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Yet another reason to be very careful what you post to blogs, facebook, etc.
Ever wonder who's visiting your blog or social networking profile? A Missouri family recently found out how "worldwide" the web is-- a high-resolution family photo of theirs (posted to several social networking sites) had been used, without their knowledge or permission, in an advertising campaign in the Czech Republic.
A little prevention goes a long way.
Submitted Link #1: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jun/11/smith-...
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Cathy
Rochester, NY
Age: 19
Jun 11, 2009
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privacy-friendly homeowner/renter insurance
I've never delved into the insurance world since I don't own anything worth insuring, but out of curiosity, what happens when you try to get insurance in the name of the LLC that owns your home? I've seen discussions here about getting insurance in the name of an LLC on cars (and usually people run into the problem of the insurance company charging a significantly higher "corporate rate" on the insurance), but no one's explained what happens when you try to get homeowners' insurance in the name of an LLC. Has anyone tried?
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peter
florida
Age: 30
Jun 11, 2009
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p.o. box and magic jack
Few things: first would never use magic jack as primary number.. I had 2 and they were the worst customer service ever. (Actually they had no phone customer service only through instant messenger and the Indian reps writing skills were so bad I couldn’t understand their writing.. . ) I just threw them away…
p.o. box trick. it works so far in ny and florida. If the reps at the dmv do not want to issue you your license to a p.o. box even after I tell them that I am in transition and have no home now. Just tell them the street number of the usps and use the p.o. box number as your apartment number.
It works every time and the reps at the usps said if they ever received anything like this in your name they would just put It in the appropriate box..
So it works great :)
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