Strong Passwords Protect You From Identity Theft
In this modern internet age, identity theft is an almost perfect crime choice for criminals. It can be done in a very clean, hands off manner. And often it can be accomplished from half way around the world.
Unfortunately, identity theft prevention is not a required course for modern life and that makes most of us vulnerable.
And one place where we are really vulnerable online is in our selection of usernames and passwords.
Shred Your Documents For Safety
Every one of us receives many “dangerous” documents every year and the best way to dispose of ones we don’t want to keep is to shred them, preferably with a cross cut shredder.
Shredding with a cross cut shredder – one that makes tiny bits of confetti rather than stripes of paper – is about the only way to ensure that your disposed documents are truly safe from prying eyes.
The problem is that cross cut shredders are expensive. But there are other solutions.
Are You Identity Theft Proof?
Identity theft is a huge area of crime – one that is growing every year. And it is growing because it is such an easy crime to commit. Most people make it very easy for thieves to gain access to documents that help these thieves forge their identity for gain.
While there are some things you can’t control – like when a huge company database gets hacked – there are a surprising number of things you can control to make yourself virtually identity theft proof.
Below are a series of questions that will help you build an identity theft proof life. If you can answer yes to most of them, you are well on your way to having an impregnable identity.
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Check Washing: What is it?
Check washing is a little known identity theft trick that annually defrauds the system of just under 1 billion dollars. It is a very low risk form of identity theft for the person committing the fraud and it is easily blocked in several simple ways.
First, let’s take a look at what it is and how it is done.
Personal Data Identity Thieves Steal From You
Identity theft against your person is often caused by a lack of knowledge of what they are trying to collect. To give you a better understanding, here is a list of many of the bits of data that identity thieves try to get from you for their own financial gain.
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