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Friday, March 31, 2006

Identity theft on the rise

Hi everyone!  I'm Heather DeMarco at the Untapped Wealth business desk.
I'd like to close this week by giving you a bit of a tip to chew on and it concerns the fast rise in identity theft.
It seems as if these hackers are everywhere!  On the Internet, on the phone, and even searching your garbage for information on you.  They're after your address, your social insurance number, your banking details, your passwords, and anything that can help them to know just a tiny bit about you.  Then they take this info and go to work to do things like forge your signatures, acquire credit cards in your name, steal your pin number, your social insurance number, take out mortgages in your name, and reap havoc with your bank accounts.
One may think that there's no way to stop these thugs but there is.  For starters:  Buy yourself a paper shredder and shred all of your relevant information that contains anything like your address, social insurance and/or credit card numbers, bank account information, and so on.  Never throw away bank or credit statements without first shredding them.  Do not create passwords using the names of your kids or spouses or your birth date.  Create passwords with numbers and obscure names or words but words or names that only you can remember.  Change your passwords regularly.  Never leave your credit card unattended in a store or a restaurant and when the waiter brings you your receipt to sign make sure that you either rip up your copy or take it home with you and do it there.  If there is a third copy to the receipt in addition to your copy and a copy for the restaurant or store, make sure that it is destroyed before you leave. 
There are lots of other tips that you can take advantage of but for now pay close attention to these.
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