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Below you’ll find our selection of the top 10 ways you can prevent identity theft. Make sure you read them all and try to remember and apply these tips in your everyday life. 1. Don’t give out your social security number This is the most basic thing: you never want to give out your social security number to anyone you don’t trust. And you should always assume the person you’re…

Identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes in the United States. Millions of people every year find their lives and credit shattered by identity theft. Good credit is important. Without good credit you can find it difficult or even impossible to get a loan, buy a car, buy a house or even get a job or get utility service. Protecting your credit and preventing identity theft is the…

Every year the Federal Trade Commission collects data on consumer complaints in the United States. For the 14th consecutive year identity theft is once again at the top of the chart of most reported consumer complaints. According to the FTC consumers lost $1.6 billion due to various forms of ID theft. From a total of 2 million complaints filed to FTC, law enforcement agencies and consumer complaint agencies 290,000 (or 14%) were…

Many people do not take any step towards prevention of identity theft as they are unaware of the problems caused by this crime. They wake up from their carefree attitude only when they become a victim and suffer the damages caused by this crime which is very easy to commit. This is like a disease which has no cure except prevention and this the reason why in today’s world where…

To prevent your identity from being stolen you have to take some necessary steps. Through this you can protect your identity from the wrong people. Here is the way of best protection against a stolen identity. First you have to have your credit report. You have to follow some simple and straightforward procedures to get the credit report. Now place a fraud alert in your credit report and then close the…

Identity theft is not only committed online but is also stolen in the real world out of trash bins. Yes, the trash bins are a big source of stealing identity. This is because the thieves are aware that many people do not take care when cleaning up their drawers and they throw away all the past bills and statements without thinking twice. This is the traditional way of stealing identity…

We all have mobile phones these days. Frankly, most of us can’t even picture our lives without them anymore. Using cell phones for making calls and sending an occasional text message doesn’t necessarily put you at a high risk of identity theft, but nowadays with the increasing popularity of smartphones, we use them for many other purposes. Logging in to you Facebook account, sending online payments, sharing pictures, googling for…

Identity theft is a type of fraud in which a person’s identity is hacked and the hacker acts as someone else by presuming that person’s identity. They do such to gain credit and other profits and to access resources in that person’s identity. The prey of identity theft suffers undesirable penalties if he is held responsible for the actions of executor. Businesses and individuals tricked or deceived of identity theft…

The crime that is becoming common day by day is identity theft. The rate of this crime is reported to have been increasing every year. It involves stealing one’s personal information and making the wrong use of it. Some identity thieves may get access to bank account numbers and make use of the money deposited. Many can also use others personal information in committing many crimes, which results in the punishment…

The news about the severe security breach that occurred a few weeks ago were covered by almost all news and media both online and offline, so you’ve surely heard something about it already. It’s one of the greatest successful hacks in recent history in which many personal details about 77 million people around the world were obtained by a third, unknown party. The personal details that were stolen included first and…