| Technology today has made our world much
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| | not need any longer instead of just
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| smaller, and has given us amazing tools
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| | tossing the paperwork into the trash.
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| such as the Internet, high speed Personal
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| | Identity thieves will also try to dupe
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| Computers [ PC's ] and medical technology
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| | you into giving personal information
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| that we could only dream about no so very
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| | either in person, over the phone or by
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| long ago.
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| | using fraudulent official sounding
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| With the good comes the bad. Many today
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| | e-mails. And of course, today's personal
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| have their privacy invaded by
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| | computers can hold plenty of information
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| unscrupulous groups and individuals in
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| | useful to fraudsters. It is very
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| our society intent on obtaining personal
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| | important that we use proper firewalls,
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| information by whatever means. These
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| | use reliable and up to date anti-virus
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| thieves have the tenacity to use the very
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| | software and programs that can identify
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| technology that has been truly beneficial
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| | and weed out spam, trojans or other
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| to everyone and use it against the
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| | mal-ware.
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| unsuspecting public. The identity thieves
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| | It is in your best interest to be wary.
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| trick the unsuspecting public and gain
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| | Be suspicious of anyone seeking too much
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| this personal information via such
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| | personal information, and don't be afraid
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| methods as hacking personal files on the
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| | to challenge them by asking "why do you
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| Internet and using rouses like spam and
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| | need those details?" - a legitimate
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| other tricky techniques such as phishing
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| | enquirer won't mind you asking. Make sure
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| to steal your identity.
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| | you store all important documents and
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| Understanding how the unscrupulous obtain
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| | details, such as your birth certificate,
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| this private information help us to look
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| | national insurance number, receipts and
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| at ways to make it harder for these
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| | bank statements, in a safe place.
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| low-lives to play their game.
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| | As mentioned earlier, anything containing
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| Thieves can use even the most mundane of
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| | personal information that you intend to
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| personal details to help them "verify"
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| | throw out should be destroyed before it
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| that they are someone they aren't. One of
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| | is put in the trash bin. Using a
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| the most common ways of obtaining
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| | household paper shredder is not taking
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| personal details is "trash bin raiding".
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| | things too far. If you think you have
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| This tactic is surprisingly common in
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| | become the victim of an identity thief,
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| affluent areas and is spreading out of
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| | report it to the police, local authority
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| towns to the countryside; with 75% of
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| | and relevant government departments or
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| local authorities now admitting it
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| | companies immediately.
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| happens regularly in their jurisdiction.
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| | We should also keep personal information
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| An exercise carried out with the support
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| | stored on computers in "encrypted"
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| of the English Nottingham City Council
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| | folders. Encryption scrambles the
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| and Nottingham Shire Police analyzed the
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| | contents of your chosen folder so it
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| contents of hundreds of household bins to
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| | cannot be read by anyone else. You can
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| see what people were throwing away. It
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| | "unscramble" the contents using a
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| found that a whopping 86% of domestic
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| | password. Many well-known software
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| rubbish contained information helpful to
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| | companies offer free downloads to help
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| fraudsters.
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| | you with encryption, or encryption can be
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| Three quarters of the bins that were
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| | an option under your standard operating
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| checked contained the full name and
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| | system.
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| address of at least one person from the
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| | Making sure that all our private
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| household, while 20% of trash bins
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| | information is kept from roaming eyes may
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| contained a bank account number and other
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| | not sound too hard to do. But there are
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| data that could be linked to the name and
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| | many people who are aware of this
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| address of a person from the house.
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| | problem, know how to protect their data,
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| So don't keep all of your bills, receipts
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| | but either through neglect, laziness or
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| and other personal documents in an
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| | just not taking the time to do what is
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| obvious place and if you can lock it
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| | suggested, are sitting ducks for the
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| away, do so… If you don't have
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| | personal data thieves.
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| anywhere to lock it, try and keep it
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| | Please....don't let you or anyone in your
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| somewhere out of the way, or separate it
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| | family be that person. Thoughts and
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| out.
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| | intensions are great but without action
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| Consider investing in a good paper
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| | there is no accomplishment. Put these
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| shredder! Shred any documents that you do
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| | recommendations into effect today!
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