What is identity theft?
(NC)?Identity theft occurs when someone uses your personal information without your knowledge or consent to commit a crime, such as fraud or theft.
Once they steal the information and manipulate it, identity thieves can invade your personal and financial life. They can use stolen identities to conduct spending sprees, open new bank accounts, divert mail, apply for loans, credit cards, and social benefits, rent apartments and even commit more serious crimes which, once arrested, they pin on their new identity.
ID thieves get your personal information by:
? Stealing personal and private information from wallets, purses, mail, your home, vehicle, computer, and Web sites you've visited or e-mails you've sent.
? Retrieving personal information in your garbage or recycling bin by "dumpster diving".
? Posing as a creditor, landlord or employer to get a copy of your credit report.
? Tampering with ATM and terminals at stores, which enables thieves to read your debit or credit card number and PIN.
? Buying the information from a dishonest employee working where personal and/or financial information is stored.
? Removing mail from your mailbox.
? Searching public sources, such as newspapers (obituaries), phone books, and records open to the public (professional certifications).
For more information on how to protect yourself from ID theft, and other common consumer scams, visit ConsumerInformation.ca . It's a Web site created by federal, provincial, territorial governments and their partners specifically to provide Canadians with convenient, one-stop access to hundreds of objective, reliable, current consumer information sources.
- News Canada
About the author:
News Canada
Circulated by http://www.article-emporium.com
<
< Previous article |
Next article >
Related sites on Business loan:
|
>> Corporate Shells
>> Do You Need Bad Credit Help
>> Forgive All Ebay Sins!
>> High Volume Merchant Accounts
>> How to Cut Credit Card Debt
>> Improving Your Financial Situation With Investments and Business Ideas
>> Incorporating Your Business Using Three Simple Steps
>> Is Cold Calling Dead?
>> MLM Success Training: Why Some People Become Wealthy in Network Marketing and Others Don?t.
>> MORAL ARMOR'S Economic Warning for Americans
>> Multiple Clients Create Your Independent Business
>> Positioning in Small Business Marketing
>> Short Sale Success Secrets with Foreclosures
>> Stuck With A Zero Marketing Budget For Client Gifts?
>> The Art of Employee Motivation
>> The Importance of Personal Background Checks -
>> The Ins and Outs of Credit Card Debt Settlement
>> What to Consider when Filing for Personal Bankruptcy
>> What You Don't Want to Know About Bad Meetings
>> 9 things you must do to maximize your chances of obtaining a small business loan
|
