Hiding Your Money : Everything You Need to Know About Keeping Your Money and Valuables Safe from Predators and Greedy Creditors

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Summary: Be carefull what you wish for.
Review: An excellent text but be warned, the sage advise in this book is so effective I am now homeless and penniless.
The authors should write volume II "How to find your hidden money"

Rating:
Summary: Be carefull what you wish for.
Review: An excellent text but be warned, the sage advise in this book is so effective I am now homeless and penniless.
The authors should write volume II "How to find your hidden money"

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Summary: The author was convicted by the Government....
Review: Don't waste your money.

The author is a sham artist. He was convicted, and in a plea bargain handed over his entire client list to the US Governtment. None of the advice in this book is legal or legitimate.

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Summary: Insightful information
Review: Excellent book if you need to know how to protect your identity, assets and any other valuable items that are in your possession. The book mentions that "almost everyone has something to conceal", and I am a firm believer in that. Whether you've got assets or just a hard working middle class person, we all have our identities.

The author also mentions how to legally move your assets and protect yourself from creditors or others who would want to know if you have anything of value to take. Timing is of utmost importance when performing such tasks. Moving your assets when there is a pending lawsuit, is fraud. But moving and planning well before any type of litigation is started, is perfectly legal and wise.

What I like about the book the best is that, the author doesn't hold any punches back. Although he mentions certain aspects of hiding is illegal, he still mentions tactics that you must do to keep it a secret. These tactics become invaluable, if you are on the other "side of the fence" looking for hidden assets! What I didn't really care for, is the amount of attention that the author gave to hiding money "around the house" if you may.

Although I believe this is just as important as using more sophisticated techniques, I felt they devoted a little too much time talking about hiding your money in shower post or under a rock.

Other than that, the book was really a good foundation on "hiding your money".

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Summary: Don't waste money on this stupid book
Review: I bought this book seeking insight in asset protection; however, I leaned nothing useful from this book.

The book is full of "interesting" episodes sourrounding author's clients, with most cases involving cheating on their spouse without leaving behind a paper trail.

The entire book is a "soap opera" written by the co-author who would be a good candidate for writing "Cosmopolitan" artilces but not a serious book about personal finance.

If you want to know how to support your lover without your wife discovering, or if you are a high profile career woman who is about to be engaged with a macho truck driver, then you may find some information in this book interesting, just so you can feel consolation in knowing that you are not the only one who is facing this problem.

If you really want to "know about keeping your money and valuables safe from predators and greedy creditors", as stated in the book's subtitle, this book will disappoint you, and let me warn you that you don't even want to come close to this book.

"How to be invisible" by J.J. Luna was far more interesting and informative.

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Summary: Good book, but a little vague.
Review: I read this book within two days of receiving it from Amazon.com. Although the book did provide me with some elements of educational advice, it was probably 70% useless to me and entirely too redundant. For the reader looking for more specific offshore investment advice, I'd suggest you look elsewhere. In this book, Jerome does provide some offshore advice that is painted with a rather broad brush, but it is inconclusive. I also have Jerome's "Complete Guide to Offshore Money Havens" and perhaps it will provide further insight. If you are interested in general techniques for deceiving your spouse or significant other, this book offers some good common sense instruction.

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Summary: Schneider has been indicted
Review: In Dec. 2002, a San Francisco federal grand jury indicted Schneider (along with Eric Witmeyer) for conspiracy to defraud the US government. According to the indictment (which is on the web), undercover operatives of the IRS criminal investigations unit posed as US taxpayers interested in acquiring an offshore bank or corporation from Schneider and having it decontrolled by California attorney Witmeyer. Here "decontrol" means concealing the foreign business entity from the IRS. In short, the author has been indicted for conspiracy to commit tax fraud. Of course, the accused are innocent until proven guilty, but this indictment provides notice that the content of this book is suspect. Don't do the things they recommend, you could get into a pack of trouble. Evidently, the Schneider is in a pack of trouble. Transfers of funds to foreign accounts are especially dangerous with the recent passage of the patriot act. Some of the other advice in this book is downright silly. Assuming you're not a terrorist, why would anyone carry large sums of money while traveling when you can use an ATM card? This book is not only worthless, it's dangerous.

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Summary: Interesting and insightful
Review: This book, as another reviewer indicated really is a page-tuner. It offers both simple and complex ways of hiding your money. There were a few areas that seemed inconsistent with what I know about bank accounts. or instance, I have not yet seen a bank that does not require your SS number when opening an account, whether its non-interest bearing or interest-bearing. The most encouraging thing about this book, is that its not a book that only the wealthy can benefit from. EVERYONE can benefit. In order to fully get the most out of this book, you must keep an open mind. If you are a patriotic citizen who believes that the government has a right to know about all of your assets, then this book may not sit well with you. Scheneider provides you with enough information to get you well on your way to protecting your assets.

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Summary: Interesting and insightful
Review: This book, as another reviewer indicated really is a page-tuner. It offers both simple and complex ways of hiding your money. There were a few areas that seemed inconsistent with what I know about bank accounts. or instance, I have not yet seen a bank that does not require your SS number when opening an account, whether its non-interest bearing or interest-bearing. The most encouraging thing about this book, is that its not a book that only the wealthy can benefit from. EVERYONE can benefit. In order to fully get the most out of this book, you must keep an open mind. If you are a patriotic citizen who believes that the government has a right to know about all of your assets, then this book may not sit well with you. Scheneider provides you with enough information to get you well on your way to protecting your assets.

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Summary: Warning
Review: Until I read this book, I did not realize how very ordinary everyday people had a need to know how to hide their money. This book shows you how to hide your assets from greedy lovers, friends, relatives. This book shows how you can hide your money when you're travelling, how a single woman can protect her assets in a failed relationship. Overall, it's a good book, I would have given this a 5th star if the authors would have given more step by step for the beginner details on each of the techniques.