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Identity Theft Prevention Guide
Identity Theft Prevention Guide, Part Eight
Make your computer passwords stronger While computer hacking is far from the most common way identity thieves operate, it’s still important to protect your identity online. Start by changing your online passwords to something that will offer strong protection of your data. First off, you’ll …
Identity Theft Prevention Guide, Part Seven
Should I put a security freeze on my credit report? One of the strongest tools a consumer can use to protect themselves against identity thieves is a security freeze. This will protect you from new fraudulent accounts being opened in your name. If you place …
Identity Theft Prevention Guide, Part Six
Is a credit monitoring service worthwhile? Credit monitoring services have popped up in response to identity theft, but it’s difficult to know whether these services are genuinely worth the cost. There are credit protection services that aim to prevent identity theft from happening to you, …
Identity Theft Prevention Guide, Part Five
Uncovering Identity Theft Our focus in this series is preventing ID theft, not recovering after the fact (that’s a topic for our next series). However, sometimes ID theft prevention means preventing more damage after a thief has struck. Of course, you’ll have to know that …
Identity Theft Prevention Guide, Part Four
We’re back with one more round of common ways thieves gain access to your personal identifying info and how to prevent being a victim: Phishing. Thieves send fake emails that appear to be from your bank, credit union, or online services/merchants like PayPal. Those emails …
Identity Theft Prevention Guide, Part Three
More Ways Thieves Strike and How to Thwart Them As promised in our last post, here are some more common ways thieves gain access to your personal identifying info and how to prevent being a victim: Stealing from your home.These days, burglars don’t just steal …
Identity Theft Prevention Guide, Part Two
As we’ve stressed before, Identity Theft is a broad category that includes a lot of different kinds of crime. You have to think about many different ways thieves strike and be on your guard against them in many different areas of your life. Here are …
Identity Theft Prevention Guide, Part One
Protecting your personal data Identity Theft is a broad category, including all kinds of crime that involve a thief using your personal data in a deceptive way. This can include using your credit card, your checking account, or even providing your identity for non-monetary reasons. …
