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Financial Expert Learns Hard, Valuable Lesson After ID Theft

“I felt violated and victimized,” Harrine Freeman says of the day her purse was stolen from the passenger seat of her locked car at a Hyattsville, Maryland gas station in late July. No one at the busy corner station offered much information after the thief smashed a window and sped off with her house keys, checkbook, driver’s license, car insurance, vehicle registration, nearly $100 in cash, as well as her credit, ATM, and health insurance cards.

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“My parents were both teachers. They always taught me to save and the value of the dollar,” says Harris. “I’ve heard the horror stories. It’s hard to get out of debt when the interest piles up.”

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