11. April 2009
Identity Theft IQ Test Are You at Risk for Identity Theft? Test Your “Identity Quotient” > I receive several offers of pre-approved credit every week. (5 points) > Add 5 points if you do not shred them (cross-cut shredder preferred) before putting them in the trash. > I carry my Social Security card in my wallet. (10 points) > My [...]
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Identity theft is when someone uses your personal information to open up financial accounts, including with banks and credit cards. The instances have been increasing over the past few years, particularly with more and more criminals getting online, and consumers becoming more comfortable sharing their information on the web. So is the answer to avoid the [...]
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In our earlier article we suggested several free routes that you can take to help mitigate and protect your identity. There are several services that exist specifically to help you with Identity Security and Protection. Lifelock Lifelock focuses on identity protection and for $10/month provides, identity fraud monitoring through credit bureaus, reduced credit card and insurance solicitation [...]
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If you are interested in ways to preempt identity theft, we urge you to read our article on Steps to Prevent against Identity Theft. But if you clicked on this article, it means that you are concerned that you might already be a victim of identity theft. If so, we are sorry to hear that. Identity [...]
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11. April 2009
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