Credit card fraud affects thousands of people every year. During 2009, in the UK alone, £440.3 million was lost due to fraudulent actions on stolen or cloned credit cards.
Every year, thousands of college students throw out everything from working TVs to unopened cans of food. Find out how to make their trash your treasure.
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