Based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Financial Help Services, Inc., under the leadership of Bobby Blackmon, helps customers achieve financial stability with credit counseling and debt management services. Financial Help Services, Inc., and Bobby Blackmon also offer educational materials on talking to children about money, practical ways to save, and identity theft protection.

1. By Bobby Blackmon, Financial Help Services

2.  Based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Financial Help
Services, Inc., under the leadership of Bobby
Blackmon, helps customers achieve financial
stability with credit counseling and debt
management services. Financial Help Services,
Inc., and Bobby Blackmon also offer educational
materials on talking to children about money,
practical ways to save, and identity theft
protection.
More than 12 million American citizens are
affected by identity theft each year.

3.  Averaging a loss of $5,130 per victim, identity
theft resulted in $26.3 billion in financial losses
in 2014, a $1.6 billion spike from a year prior. As
of April 2015, the states with the highest rate of
fraud complaints are Arizona, California, Florida,
Texas, and Nevada. A majority of reported thefts
involved the misuse of existing credit cards. In
fact, credit card identity theft impacts 10 percent
of the nation, while debit and ATM card fraud
affects seven percent. Counterfeit credit cards
rank at the top of identity theft, with lost or
stolen credit cards and no-card fraud following.