Friday, April 30, 2010

Avoid Victim of Identity Theft

Identity theft is one of the serious issue in America. It is no.1 fastest growing crime in U.S. economy. According to latest statistic it is found that almost more than 10 million people are now victimized of identity theft every year.

General publics need to be more careful and protective while exposing our identity. At the same time we should be more demanding regarding identity theft legislation, penalties and business theft of stolen NPI of employee and customers. These days it has become very easy for criminal to access our personal information through on-line or discarded papers.



Before discarding any paper you should very particular. Since such parers contain important information like phone numbers and account numbers.

Try to access your account on-line through Internet banking, because it will minimize the amount of paper mails you receives.

Be cautious whenever you swipes your credit or debit card. During the time of shopping or eating the chances of getting your identity lost is very common.

It is advisable for all of you to always use cards that are insured against fraudulent purchases.

Since all of our important information contains in our computer, so it is advisable to keep your computer password protected. Be aware of scamming website who ask for sensitive information like account details etc.

Thus it is always at your end to protect you identity yourself. If your approach towards identity theft is serious, you can definitely protect your family wallet having being drained by greedy strangers.

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