Thanks for voting!We’ve all heard about identity theft, but nobody thinks it’s going to happen to me. Well, trust us when we tell you that pick pockets – both virtual and real world – are waiting to snatch your social security number, your bank account number – whatever numbers they can get their hands on in any way they can. Do we sound like one of those low-budget car alarm commercials? A few tips from the Examiner will help you protect yourself in regards to your personal information. And make you feel a little safer.
The best part about your identity is that it’s yours. But once comprised, it can be a hard road to navigate. You work hard for what you have, so don’t make it easy for hackers or sweet talkers to get their hands on it. Good news is, there’s a lot you can do to protect yourself upfront and it doesn’t take much effort. So, please make sure you use your best judgment and know that security is a necessity. Especially when it comes to your money and personal information. Remember, what you consider “tedious” sign-in processes, too many passwords and stupid pet name prompts is what we consider doing our job. Check out some tools and tips we have to phight phishing and other phraud. And please, only do business with companies you know are reputable.
So be smart, be safe and be a little paranoid. Make online security a habit. Offline and in line security, too. After all, your name’s your most valuable possession.
Tags: Fraud, Identity Theft, Phishing, Security, Tips, Tools
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Your identity yours only and yours to keep till you die not others to use them. But it is not easy in this internet world. You use the credit to buy movie ticket and when the website security gets compensated to some hacker, your identity is stolen. Next day you will find out a big amount charged in your credit card. I know you never imagined it would happen. But it can happen.
Better be cautious and take steps to be ready to handle the situations. Prevention is better than cure.
You can find some more helpful resource to tackle your identity theft from the below URL,
http://moneyreallymatters.com/content/identity-theft
I actually lost my cheque book and wrote about the experience in my blog which might be helpful as well.
http://moneyreallymatters.com/content/i-lost-my-checkcheque-book-identity-theft
I thought that you would like to know that a co-worker recieved a bogus e-mail with the ingliondirect logo about funds from a sweepstakesand lottery drawing. I thoiught that was very braising for them to use your logo. Please let me know if you would like a copy of the letter. Thank you,
Rita Harding
Please remember that ID theft occurs thru the mail; and addresses. I have had my identity stolen twice. First time was thru the postal delivery. Person was caught with the US Postal Inspectors help. Second was thru a former address. The best thing that I have done was purchase a monthly credit bureau monitoring service. I check it monthly thru the Internet. They are an excellent way to help protect your credit and identity. It is a life long process.
Thanks for the helpful information shared here. The number of e-mails with legitimate looking logos is unfathomable from hackers. Anytime information requesting personal details such as social security numbers, address, phone, etc. I was told illustrates this is Spam or from a Hacker. I had received an e-mail from one of the online companies I regularly purchase from and had actually changed the password there. When I received the e-mail requesting an update I initially thought it was accurate, it looked like the website with log and everything. But it asked for social security number, birthdate infomation, etc. I was surprised, so I called the company and they said they would never ask for that information, period and worse it was spam or a hacker. Unfortunately, we are more vulnerable than we are aware. As this article mentioned paranoia, at least healthy paranoia, concerning personal identity is essential in the current environment. Thanks to Ing Direct a and the writers here.
I am currenty trying to track down a woman who is using my email account to solicit all types of info (from life insurance quotes, auto insurance, and she even put on car on hold in my name). How do I stop this type of theft? She is using my name, address, telephone number, and using her vital stats. I don’t know how to stop her.
I also have another woman (in the UK) using my phone service (AT&T) and adding watts lines, internet, all kinds of things on my phone bill. I even have her last 3 months worth of bills at my house because she is using her name and my address. I don’t know how to stop this.
Any ideas??? I have my identity commingled with my mother (we have the same name) and the credit bureaus completely deleted me and took me years to straighten out, now I am dealing with this nonsense.