• They go through your trashcan, looking for straight cut or un-shredded papers.
• They steal your mail or your wallet.
• They listen in on conversations you have in public.
• They trick you into giving them the information over the telephone or by email.
• They buy the information either on the Internet or from someone who might have stolen it.
• They steal it from a loan or credit application form you filled out or from files at a hospital, bank, school or business that you deal with. They may have obtained it from dumpsters outside of such companies.
• They get it from your computer, especially those without firewalls.
• They may be a friend or relative or someone who works for you who has access to your information.
Source: "Identity Theft Resource Council"
WHAT IF IT HAPPENED TO YOU?
Would you even know where to start?
Independent Associate
Ilona Vilcina
718-332-7510
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