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Identity Theft:
People have had their possessions and homes taken over, their
credit records ruined, credit cards run up to the limit, driver license
records ruined, and more problems due to identity theft. The thieves make
new documents using your identity - new driver's licenses, new or reissued
credit cards, even your divorce records, and such. YOUR IDENTITY IS STOLEN! It can take YEARS to correct the
problems that are caused to your credit record.
Shred all your documents with sensitive information, and get a good firewall plus virus protection on your computer!
Hackers can pull off all kinds of sensitive information from your computer - you need to block them from getting in it. They also send viruses that can open up access to your computer - do not download ANYTHING you are not familiar with or expecting, even if it seems to be from someone you know - check first. Don't throw away any papers with your credit card number, checking account information, social security number, etc. Shred it all before throwing in the trash! Be careful and aware of whomever has access to your crdit or debit cards. Small scanners can take card information and that can be used or sold. Run your debit cards as credit cards in order to have the Visa or MasterCard fraud protection on your purchases.
Report all credit discrepancies to your bank (or credit card company), and also file a police report - have as much proof and documentation as you can find (where have you used your credit card recently, does the store remember someone who didn't look like you make the purchase, etc.). If your police department doesn't think a police report is needed, tell them that many creditors require a police report in order to try to resolve the situation, and you need to do it. If your local police station won't, go up to the county police, and so on. You might need to file a different type of report, perhaps a Miscellaneous Incident Report. Then also file a report with the government site. You need to file with the government so that records can be aggregated and patterns found. Read a true story of blatant fraud. Be wary of people asking for more information than is needed - like those posing as IRS agents, or as tax preparers, or as employers, or as officers of the court (telling you that you failed to report to jury duty), or as agents from Nigeria or other parts of the world (asking you to help them get funds and launder money). There are many scams in which personal and financial information is asked of you - and this opens the door for identity theft. Give NO information of personal type - no Social Security, no credit card, no bank, no driver license, NOTHING. If it feels that perhaps the solicitation is legitimate, then close your door, or hang up the phone, or ignore the email, etc. - and contact the institution DIRECTLY and offer your assistance, but ONLY contact it using the phone book, or a website you know (NOT one that is given to you) - use a trusted public source for the contact information. Scams with twists: someone calls you, saying the Federal Government is awarding you a free grant, no obligation - but they need your bank information to "deposit funds directly." (I asked questions when they called - they stated my address, name and a few other tidbits of information, and then asked my age - I said the government knows my age (she got flustered then) - and I said I would never give my bank information over the phone.) Many emails or requests via mail and phone ask you to verify your bank or credit card or PayPal or EBay information - asking for account numbers, passwords and much more. Do NOT give out ANY such information to ANYONE! Call the bank or institution directly to speak to someone if you are truly concerned. The IRS does NOT email you about refunds, about filing your taxes, and certainly never to ask you for personal information. Do not respond to ANY email or phone request asking you to verify account information! Call the bank or institution yourself - from a number in a phone book (not any number they give you - remember the movie "The Sting"? Everyone at the other end of the phone acts like the legitimate place that was called - all an elaborate act). Any link you click on can go to a different site than what you expect - it can look official, and the mouse-over can look like it's a legitimate site, but you can tell by looking at the title bar when the site comes up - that the site address is not correct. Best is not to click on ANY links - and do not fill out ANY information! On the phone it will sound official, too - but call the institution yourself, after you look up the number in the phone book or your paperwork (monthly account statements in you trash, etc.). Check your accounts often. Awhile back, I looked at my bank statement online on a Friday while in
Aspen, Colorado. I saw that a large purchase was made over the Internet on
Thursday, and the part was picked up at the store in Texas the next day, Friday. I asked what matching information they had - the thieves used
my credit card number, my address, my phone number, my name - but not the 3 digit number on the back of the card. The store owner asked
me if I was white or black, which I thought odd, but said white. He said the people who picked up the part were black. A good clue!
Report any charges that you do not recognize. I found a charge of $703 made in my account and
I did not make the charge. I called the bank with the information and they began an investigation. The bank provisionally credited me back the $703 within
days. Having made the purchase as a Visa credit card, I was covered by the fraud protection. I made a police report as well, and the
officer said there is a sophisticated device that is handheld - it scans a credit card and takes all information on it. Then the thief
only need to pull up phone and address information - easy to do if you are in the phone book, or have information available on the
Internet. The only protection you have is to monitor your accounts diligently and run all your transactions as credit (not debit - the
credit card fraud protection is not available unless run as credit).
Keep track of who gets hold of your card, and if possible do not lose sight of your card when you use it - don't let anyone take it
away or under a desk area to process it - have it processed in front of you. And as soon as you find a discrepancy on your account,
report it to the bank or credit card company immediately - and cancel that card. Give all information you can, and also report it to
your local police. Also - be careful of where you publish your personal information - it's probably a bad idea to publish your address
in the phone book.
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There are two people - one wears a striped shirt and the other wears a red shirt. One person always told the truth, and the other
always lies. You come upon the striped shirt person and ask "do you tell the truth?" Right away the red shirted person said
"he'll say 'yes' - but he'll be lying." Which one is the truth teller?
The answer is "either person would answer 'yes' - the red shirted person is the truth teller since that statement is true
no matter what - and the liar would have told a truth in saying it."
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