Internet phone books, people-finding services, and other online directories make it almost impossible to keep your personal contact information entirely off the Web. It’s fairly easy for anyone to find your name, phone number, home address, or e-mail address—for business or social purposes, advertising or marketing, or even criminal intent.Here are a few ways to […]
If you are a victim of identity theft, you can minimize damage to your name, finances, and credit history by detecting it early. To do so, you should begin taking the following steps immediately.
Monitor financial statements: Carefully monitor every statement from your bank, credit card company, and other financial institutions. Review transactions carefully for unexplained […]
With one unfortunate incident, 26.5 million U.S. veterans had their personal information compromised, and it could just as easily happen to anyone of us.
The USAA Educational Foundation (www.usaaedfoundation.org) offers the tips below to help military members protect themselves from identity theft and detect if they’ve been a victim:
After our last post on identity theft, regular Consumerist commenter trixare4kids sent us a great, well-crafted email detailing her own experience having her identity stolen. Better yet, she wrote us a personalized How To for getting through an identity theft crisis.
I was the victim of Identity theft 5 years ago. In my case they got […]