Archive for the ‘Credit Protection’ Category
What to Tell Your Teenager About Identity Theft
Identity thieves have no age limit on whose identity they steal so when your children are old enough to understand what identity theft is then you should talk to the m about it and how to protect themselves from becoming a victim. A good age is when they are a teenager and first want to [...]
Identity Theft and Dealing With the Bank
When you have your identity stolen the identity thief can get access to your bank account in different ways. The most common way is to steal your debit card. In addition, whenever you pay for anything with a check you are basically handing over your routing information and account number. Identity theft offenders have found [...]
How to Spot a Scam Website
In 2009 Americans lost almost five hundred sixty million dollars to internet scams. Some of these were the result of entering your bank account information, credit card numbers, and other personal information on websites that were a scam. Many of the scam and fraudulent websites look very legitimate but their graphics and trademarks are probable [...]
How to Make Your PIN Number More Secure
More than half of the adults in the United States own some form of smartphones, which has access to personal information. Instead of using some type of high tech equipment to get your PIN number, hackers are using a very simple method so they can unlock these smartphones. What they are doing is looking to [...]
Protect Yourself From Identity Theft on Vacation
In times past you could go on vacation and not have to worry about someone stealing your identity but times have changed. You use to only have to worry about someone stealing your wallet from your pocket or stealing something from your hotel room but now they want more than your money. They want to [...]