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Id Theft
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News:
2000 Identity Theft Issue
Table of Contents ID Theft - A rapidly growing crime that scars its victims -
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Protéjase del robo de identidad
Un folleto que explica qué es el robo de identidad, cómo evitarlo, y qué puede hacer si usted ha sido víctima del robo de identidad. -
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Privacidad y su Informe de Crédito
En la era de la computación, nuestra información personal financiera es mucho menos segura y está disponible más fácilmente que en los días de los antiguos gabinetes de archivos. "Privacidad y su Informe de Crédito"… -
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Privacy and Your Credit Report
Our personal financial information is more easily available and far less secure in the computer age than it was in the days of old-fashioned filing cabinets. "Privacy and Your Credit Report" explains why the information… -
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Questions & Answers About Privacy & Your Credit Report
Privacy abuses are on the increase, including credit fraud and identity theft, a fast-growing crime in which an impostor applies for credit under a victim's name. "Questions and Answers about Privacy and Credit Reports" offers… -
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Fraud Bingo Game
Consumer Action's Fraud Bingo is a fun activity you can use in your trainings. -
Books:
Your Evil Twin: Beyond the Identity Theft Epidemic
Bob Sullivan, author and identity theft expert, probes this exploding crime. ID theft has hit ordinary citizens and celebrities alike, from Oprah Winfrey to Steven Spielberg, and costs the economy $50 billion a year. “Your… -
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Credit Scores & Credit Reports
The U.S. credit reporting system keeps detailed financial histories on more than 200 million Americans. Evan Hendricks’ Credit Scores & Credit Reports is a well-informed, informative, and well-written guide to a subject of great and… -
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Federal Trade Commission
Federal organization that enforces a variety of antitrust and consumer protection laws. Website offers the full text of approximately 150 publications on a wide range of categories. Also, find useful consumer alerts that will help… -
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ID Theft
The U.S. government central website for information about identity theft. Find information about what to do if you are a victim, what state and federal laws apply, and how to minimize the risk of having… -
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Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
A nonprofit consumer education organization specializing in issues relating to privacy concerns. Deals exclusively with personal, business, governmental, and society at large when addressing issues of privacy, including matters related to doing business on the… -
News:
2006 Privacy Issue
Table of Contents Privacy: What's it to me? Electronic records may pose threat to medical privacy -
Books:
Stolen Lives: Identity Theft Prevention Made Simple
Identity theft is the fastest growing crime in America, affecting 10 million Americans every year. Stolen Lives is a privacy wakeup call, with how-to methods to protect your greatest financial asset - your identity. Prevention… -
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Give Me Back My Credit
Denise Richardson is an innocent and ordinary American with once perfect credit, who made the unfortunate decision to make additional principal payments on her mortgage. Like millions of other Americans, she wrote a mortgage check… -
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ID Theft Quiz
The ID Theft Quiz Game is a fun way to teach important concepts about this prevalent form of fraud. -
Press:
MoneyWi$e issues free multilingual ID theft guide
Ninety-three percent of Americans are well aware of the growing crime of identity theft. Yet despite free access to credit reports and numerous educational efforts, a new survey from national advocacy group Consumer Action… -
Vietnamese:
Protect Your Phone Records (Vietnamese)
Hồ sơ điện thoại là một nguồn chi tiết cá nhân quan trọng nếu có người muốn lấy dữ kiện hồ sơ của quý vị cho những mục tiêu trái phép hay tai hại mà… -
Korean:
Protect Your Phone Records (Korean)
전화 기록은 중요한 개인 신상 정보를 담고 있으며 누군가가 악용 혹은 범죄의 목적으로 여러분의 허락없이 전화기록을 입수하려고 할 수 있습니다. 이 소책자는 누가 어떤 목적으로 여러분의 전화 기록을 입수하려고 하는지, 어떤 방법으로 그들이 여러분의 개인… -
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Proteja su historial telefónico
Su historial telefónico es una importante fuente de información privada que alguien podría tratar de obtener sin su permiso con motivo de hacer daño o alguna actividad ilegal. Esta publicación puede ayudarle a entender quién… -
Chinese:
Protect Your Phone Records (Chinese)
有人可能未經過你的同意就試圖使用你的電話記錄以作為非法或陷害他人的用途. 因為它是個人資料的重要來源。這本手冊有助於你瞭解誰會想得到你的電話記錄，他們如 何試圖得到你的個人資料，以及你要怎樣才能減低成為受害者的可能性。 -
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Protect Your Phone Records - Powerpoint Slides
The Protect Your Phone Records PowerPoint slides explain who would want to access your phone records, why they might want to do it, how these people try to access your… -
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Protect Your Phone Records - Lesson Plan
This lesson plan, which explains why phone records contain private information that someone might try to access without consent for illegal or harmful purposes, is designed to help you lead trainings and seminars. The 13-page… -
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Protect Your Phone Records - Leader’s Guide
Pretexting is a method of obtaining someone else’s personal information, including phone records, under false pretenses. This Leader’s Guide, written in question-and-answer format, will help give trainers background on the techniques pretexters use, the damage… -
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Protect Your Phone Records
Phone records are an important source of private information that someone might try to access without your consent for illegal or harmful purposes. This publication can help you understand who would want to access your… -
Outreach:
ID Theft Quiz
The ID Theft Quiz Game is a fun way to teach important concepts about this prevalent form of fraud.
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