Protection from Capital One Security Breach

What Happened

Capital One announced a massive breach involving personal information for more than 100 million customers. Information accessed in the breach included names, addresses, zip codes, phone numbers, email addresses, dates of birth, self-reported income levels, and for 140,000 individuals Social Security Numbers. They also had access to credit scores, credit limits, balances, payment history, and contact information. Of the 100+ million customers, Capital One believes that only 80,000 stored bank account numbers were compromised.

What You Should Know

VacationLand does everything within its control to safeguard our member’s information. 

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Home Improvements Can Pay Off Big Time

You made a big investment when you purchased your home and, like any other investment, you want its value to increase.

Unlike other investments that are wholly affected by fluctuations in the stock market, you can directly impact the value of your home by making home improvements. Sure, the real estate market will have an impact, but anything you do to improve your property will increase its value.

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VLFCU Urges Taxpayers to Beware of Tax Fraud Schemes

There's not much more to say about tax scammers than has already been published, but taxpayers need to be wary of thieves who want your identity and your money. If it sounds too good to be true, then it's most likely a scam. At the top of the IRS's list of scams targeting taxpayers this year are:

• erroneous refunds
• phone calls from the IRS or debt collectors
• phishing and malware schemes (a means of obtaining your personal information by posing as a trustworthy entity)
• bogus emails
• scams which actually target legitimate tax preparers

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