- Check your credit report annually for unfamiliar
accounts reporting under your name
- Shred all documents with personal
information
before throwing them away
- Make sure when giving personal information
online
that the website is a secure site. Secure sites will
begin with https
- Ask questions about how your personal information
will be used. Be very cautious about what info you
disclose
- DO NOT carry your social security card with
you. Leave it at home in a safe place
- DO NOT place your garbage can
on the curb the night before garbage day. This gives thieves
all night to rummage through your trash
- DO NOT give personal information
over the phone to people who call you
- DO NOT place out going mail in your mailbox.
This alerts thieves that there may be personal info in your mailbox.
Take out going mail to the Post Office
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