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| Safeguard Against Identity Theft.Guard | | | | award or prize winnings....call your bank |
| against malicious thieves stealing your | | | | and report this |
| identity.If you receive suspicious billings | | | | |
| or items that you | | | | immediately.Times have changed over the |
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| don't recognize. Call and investigate them | | | | |
| right away with | | | | no longer attach outgoing mail to your |
| | | | mailbox for pickup. |
| your provider. Try to head of any means of | | | | |
| fraud before it | | | | Instead, deliver it directly to an official |
| | | | Post Office or |
| can occur.When you receive financial | | | | |
| inquiries or solicitations in | | | | postal collection box. This is one of the |
| | | | easiest ways a |
| the mail...DON'T just discard them in the | | | | |
| trash. Invest in a | | | | thief can steal your identity.If you notice |
| | | | that your regular bills have stopped coming, |
| good crosscut shredder...Don't discard ANY | | | | |
| mail | | | | find out why. Call the company to verify. |
| | | | Someone could |
| solicitations, fianancial papers, bank | | | | |
| statements, invoices, | | | | have filed a false change of address to |
| | | | re-direct your |
| quoates, or any items that may contain | | | | |
| information about you | | | | information to his or her address. |
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| or your family members. Don't give would-be | | | | |
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| opportunity to gain access to your | | | | |
| identity.Don't give anyone your financial or | | | | By protecting yourself using these simple |
| private information over | | | | steps, you can |
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| the telephone unless you initiated the | | | | help prevent would be identity theives from |
| original phone | | | | accessing and |
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| conversation and you can verify the person | | | | gaining your identity.These days Identity |
| or organization | | | | Theft is making HUGE headlines in the |
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| you're speaking to.It's sad, but true in | | | | News. Always be on guard to detect and |
| today's world. You must be very | | | | prevent any would-be |
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| careful not offer ANYONE your social | | | | theieves from stealing your Identity. No one |
| security number, bank | | | | wants to suffer |
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| account number, credit card number, or any | | | | malicious damages caused by someone posing |
| private or | | | | as you or |
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| financial information over the phone without | | | | cleaning out your bank accounts, running up |
| first properly | | | | debt on credit |
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| identifying them. Get their contact phone | | | | cards, or any number of other unauthorized |
| and call back to | | | | acts.These threats are REAL ! Hundreds of |
| | | | thousands of people |
| verify. Also be careful not to be talking on | | | | |
| a cordless or | | | | are victimized by these crimes every |
| | | | year.(c) Copyright 2003 by Ken Burnett |
| cellular phone....these are NOT secure | | | | |
| devices. Anyone with | | | | |
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| conversation!Protect your ATM cards, Personal | | | | |
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