Deter – Detect – Defend Against Identity Theft
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 at
5:31 am
MyEarbot asked:
In the course of a busy day, you may write a check at the grocery store, charge tickets to a ball game, rent a car, mail your tax returns, change service providers for your cell phone, or apply for a credit card. Chances are you don’t give these everyday transactions a second thought. But an identity thief does. Identity theft is a serious crime. People whose identities have been stolen can spend months or years and thousands of dollars cleaning up the mess the thieves have made of a good …
Tagged with: Busy Day • Grocery Store • Identity Theft
Filed under: Identity Theft
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See what identity theft is and what service you need and why!! See my videos!!
Data bases is most likely your enemy. Even the websites or companies that offer your protection in exhange for YOUR INFORMATION!!! Think about it…
One of the reasons Identity Theft is so easy is due to the fact that our information is already on public records available to any John or Jane Doe. We are also using old age technology in today’s new technology times. Such as currently having regular written numbers on credit cards and other important documents. What we should be using instead something like Bar Codes. As it would make it much harder for ID thief’s getting a hold of our Account Numbers and our Social Security Numbers.
The sad thing is that it can take years and thousands of dollars for a victim to repair their credit and their good name, but the ID thief can move on to the next victim very easily.
You can find it on the Federal Trade Commission’s website. Go to FTC (dot) gov, and then search on “video” and “identity”
does anybody know when this video was made?
Here is how you can tell if it’s a Scam…
Do they tell you to use wire transfer services or to cash a check?
Is it unsolicited?
Asking for personal information?from overseas? Spam Emails? 2 good to be true??
Block phone numbers
If yes, it’s a scam!!!
Thanks for that video clip. learn more tips on how scammers use identity theft from my video.