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Identity Theft Alert: 10 Rules You Must Follow to Protect Yourself from America's #1 Crime
- By Steve Weisman
- Published Jul 11, 2014 by FT Press.
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Protect yourself from identity theft, today's #1 consumer crime!
- Discover practical steps you can take right now to protect your identity, credit, and future!
- Fix your vulnerabilities yourself, without paying for expensive identity protection services
- Contains coverage of identity theft via social media, smartphones, and credit cards
- Shows how criminals can steal tax refunds, compromise medical records, and go on crime sprees in your name
- By best-selling author Steve Weisman (author of The Truth about Avoiding Scams, featured on Dr. Phil and CNN)
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- Copyright 2015
- Edition: 1st
- Book
- ISBN-10: 0-13-390252-8
- ISBN-13: 978-0-13-390252-5
Protect yourself from identity theft! Nearly 17 million Americans were victimized by identity theft in 2012 alone: for 13 straight years, it has been America's #1 consumer crime. No one is immune: children, the elderly and even the dead have been victimized. Identity theft can be high-tech, low-tech, or even no tech, via "dumpster diving." You're vulnerable, and you need to act.
Fortunately, you can take practical steps to safeguard your identity right now. In Identity Theft Alert, award-winning author and attorney Steve Weisman shows you exactly what to do, and how to do it. Equally important, he also tells you what to stop doing: the common, inadvertent behaviors that could be setting you up as a victim.
Weisman starts with a clear-eyed assessment of the problem, helping you understand just how much risk you face. Next, he helps you understand, anticipate, and prevent all these frightening forms of identity theft:
- Identity theft via Facebook and other social media
- Identity theft via your iPhone or Android smartphone
- Theft of your credit or debit cards, and other access to your finances
- Crime sprees performed in your name
- Medical identity theft that could lead to you getting the wrong treatment – and could even kill you
- The fast-growing scourge of income tax identity theft, including stolen refunds
Don't be the next victim: read this book, follow its step-by-step advice, and protect yourself!
Downloads
Downloads
Technology, Business, and Government Fight Identity Theft
Financial Privacy Please: The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
Congress Deals with Credit Reports and Identity Theft: The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act
Identity Theft Insurance--Worth the Price?
Identity Theft and the Elderly
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Table of Contents
Introduction xvi
Chapter 1: Identity Theft 1
Chapter 2: Making Yourself Less Vulnerable to Identity Theft 23
Chapter 3: Danger on Your Computer and What to Do If You Are a Victim of Identity Theft 39
Chapter 4: Your Social Security Number--An Identity Thief’s Lucky Number 55
Chapter 5: Criminal Identity Theft, Taxes--And More Arresting Problems 65
Chapter 6: Protecting Your Privacy--A Key to Preventing Identity Theft 81
Chapter 7: Security Software 87
Chapter 8: The Dangers of Data Breaches 91
Chapter 9: Identity Theft After Death 105
Chapter 10: Identity Theft from Children 109
Chapter 11: Identity Theft Risks of Smartphones and Other Mobile Devices 115
Chapter 12: Identity Theft Threats with Credit Cards and Debit Cards 129
Chapter 13: Medical Identity Theft 139
Chapter 14: Identity Theft and Social Media 145
Chapter 15: Steve’s Rules 155
Chapter 16: Steve’s Top Ten Lists 161
Index 165