Identity theft is increasing. Scammers are always looking for ingenious ways to steal identities and use them for fraudulent purposes. Sometimes without realizing it, you can under the circumstances and situations, to find its identity at risk. After using someone else for your personal data, you assume your identity, steal your money, and / or commit fraud in your name is not a position that you want to be in. Now you can find your identity stolen is to befinancially and emotionally devastating. It is therefore in your best interest to protect, and we have some simple steps you can save, make available your identity.
1 Social networking sites
Too often people only too willing, all their personal details on social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter are provided, MySpace, etc. Often, these pages are plastered with personal information such as date of birth of a person, employment, educationHistory, phone numbers, email addresses, etc. People freely even after their photos, which can be easily copied. All these very personal details in your profile may have been registered by fraudsters, who could build enough information to go around, and how to use your identity for criminal activities are used.
I am amazed by Facebook. I have a Facebook profile and contacted random people ask if I could be her friend. Within a few weeks I had collected over 500Friends, who let me into their personal profile and invite me to parties and free events. I have no idea who these people are, above all, have no idea who I am and what my intentions are a cyber-friend of theirs. Fortunately for them, I am of good character, without undesirable intentions.
2 Paperwork
All of us get inundated with paperwork and sometimes we have to launch a reform and a little '. This might be old bills, old letters,Receipts, contracts, leases, loan agreements, bank statements, etc. It 'important that you are very careful about how your personal documents are disposed of, since most of it is enough information on them should someone steal' identity.
Make sure to throw anything into the trash, unless they broke into a million little pieces. The best way to do this is to invest in a simple paper shredder. The size reduction can be discarded, or alternativelycould mulch or compost it.
Password and PIN 3
These days we have passwords and PINs for all sorts of things and always new and innovative can be very difficult. You must ensure you do not use simple passwords and PIN is that someone is in a position such as your date of birth, telephone number, names of pets, the partner's name, trademarks, etc. Select guess passwords that are a combination of letters and numbers and do not use the same password / PIN for all purposes. Theirthe PIN would not want to set the video to be the same password for Internet banking.
Do not give your passwords and PINs for each, even your best friend / relative / partner. Never under any circumstances or password / PIN is the callers on the phone or in response to an e-mail. Legitimate organization would never ask to call / e-mail and in this type of information. Remember to change your password and PINs regularly. Save ratherdown. Do not copy and paste them on paper in your wallet / purse or leave in the drawer. What happens if you break your wallet / purse, or losing someone in your house?
4 Locking Mail Box
Put a block on your email box prevents people from stealing your personal letters and receive your data or to control access to books, credit cards, etc. that may be sent to you. If you're worried about your mail delivered to your home, consider getting aMailbox.
5 Be careful with The Phone
Anyone can happen as the other, when using the phone. Scammers can pretend that people of all types of organizations and try to obtain personal information. If you asked a call from someone who gets a lot of personal information, you may refuse to disclose this information to you.
If you are unsure about the true identity of the caller, tell them you will call them. Source of the telephone number of theThe organization itself (not just a callback to the number they give you) from the Internet / Yellow Pages, and continue with your partner when you talk to who you are.
6 Be wary of polls
There are all kinds of tests on the market and many times are defined in order to obtain personal data for marketing purposes. However, if the organization conducting the survey and are confident that the disclosure of information to know, to err onOf caution. Information such as a bank, how much you earn, who lives in the house, etc., which can provide a criminal with a good picture of your situation. Typically, these surveys have a price / wage / competition for the conclusion and that is where the name, address, e-mail, phone numbers, etc., are usually given. Be alert at all times.
Also be careful of those who knock at your door on the pretext of saving the collection of information for a survey or money. Do not give uppersonal information to anyone, including the telephone company representatives, the representatives of power, etc.
7 Bank accounts
Always check your statements and make sure to report any suspicious transactions / unknown about your bank, even if only small amounts.
Your bank will never e-mail / SMS messages, and account information, ask for PINs, etc., if you get any e-mail / SMS, also look as if they are original, never on the links for you then ask the check your bank accountAccount information. You pass your bank details to third parties. The scammers are in business to cheat, and can be very persuasive. It is possible with all kinds of compelling stories that provide your bank account to defraud them. Do not fall victim to these criminals.
8 Internet Banking
Be careful if you if you are in the bank's Web sites. Never use your internet banking can be stored on a public computer / internet cafe as the information is readilyon these computers, or a cheating program may have installed on your computer with which your confidential information by logging keystrokes allows access.
Always make sure that you are of your banking websites when you're done with them. Let these pages open on your computer.
9 Precious personal documents
Always be sure to protect your important personal documents such as passports, driving licenses, birth certificates, marriage, etc. Keep themin a safe place at home or in a safe deposit box at your bank.
Your car is not a safe place to store your personal documents. If you keep valuable personal documents in the glove box, what will you do if your car is stolen?
10 The purchase of goods from the Internet
Be careful when visiting Web sites to purchase goods from the Internet. Make sure that the sites you buy from real sites are secure. Usually you can say about this, looking for a lock lessSection of the screen and ensure the URL starts with https. Maybe you want to check if a credit card with a very low limit that you use for your internet / shopping abroad. In this way, potentially able to protect your credit cards the most important risk of fraud.
It may be useful only to sites that moved to a banking site or an organization such as PayPal to purchase in order to collect payment. In this way, do not disclose your bank / credit card directly to theCompany web site.
