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- Don't Let Anyone Steal Your Credit Identity - When someone uses your credit identity the costs and aggravation can add up. Learn some tips to keep your credit identity secure.
- Monitor Your Financial Identity by Reviewing Your Credit Report - One step to ensure that no one has stolen your financial identity or established fraudulent credit in your name is to review your credit report. There is now a program that enables you to receive copies of your credit report from each of the three large credit reporting agencies each year at not cost.
- Protecting Your Mail - The mail you receive and send includes information that deserves special attention. Everything from account numbers and balances on financial accounts to the name and account number on checks you mail can be valuable to thieves and other scam artists.
- Shredding Personal Documents and When to Dispose of Them - When you put a piece of paper in the trash it can be difficult know what happens to it. Every step that occurs once the trash leaves your control has risk that someone will find personal information they can use to cause you harm. One way to safeguard personal information is to shred it before it goes into the trash.
- Protecting Your Children From Identity Theft - Information on protecting your child from identity theft.
- Protecting Seniors From Identity Theft - Seniors are the most vulnerable group for identity theft. Here's information about staying safe.
- Protecting Your Identity During a Job Search - Job seekers have to be careful to safeguard their personal information against identity thieves and other scammers.
- Opt Out of Personal Offers - Opt-out of mail offers and limit an identity thief's chances of responding to a solicitation on your behalf.
- Recovering From Identity Theft - Recovery from identity theft is a process that takes time and effort.