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  • 7 Steps To Identity Fraud Protection
    Destroy all documents that contain personal information. Thieves still gather personal information used identity theft from the trash so be sure to shred everything you throw away that contains any personal information about you. This includes credit card statements, bank statements, etc.
  • 5 Ways To Keep Your Personal Information Safe From Scammers
    Identity theft is an increasingly common problem and it is extremely important to protect yourself. One of the simplest things you can do is to get an unlisted phone number. Most people don't realize it, but many phone companies sell their customer information - names, addresses, and even calling records to people willing to pay them for it.
  • Is Your Child At Risk For Identity Theft?
    Identity theft is getting a lot of press these days but one of the fastest growing demographics of victims is hardly ever mentioned - children. Children are even more vulnerable because they receive a social security number but few families ever check their kids' credit reports. They just assume there's nothing to monitor. Problems can show up years later, however, when the child is grown up and applies for a credit card or a car loan. The problems show up and the application is declined. And at this point, the work necessary to clear the credit fraud is difficult.
  • What You Can Do To Avoid Email Scams
    Most of us get spam trying to sell us things, most commonly prescriptions, cheap mortgage rates, online gambling and other, more "adult" topics. Most of us just delete them or hit the "spam" button and move on. There are some other types of spam that are a little more serious, however.
  • How To Spot Common Spam Scams
    We've all received spam trying to sell us things such as prescription medications, cheap mortgages and internet gambling. Most people just hit delete and move on, but there are some scams that are a little more serious.
  • How You Can Help Stop Internet Virus Attacks
    These days, most computer users realize they need to be using antivirus software. The trouble is, there is a lot of equipment providing services to these users on the internet. What is being done to protect them from virus infections?
  • Internet Web Browsers - The Key to Security?
    Less like the key, really, than a car - browsers provide the means for traveling around the Internet to interesting destinations. Unfortunately, sometimes uninvited passengers climb in. On rare occasions, they even 'carjack' you.
  • How To Protect Your Identity: Identity Theft Defined
    Many things can be owned. These things may have been purchased, given as gifts or passed along from one generation of a family to another.

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