Protect Yourself Before Being A Identity Theft Victim

Protect Yourself Before being a DENTITY THEFT Victim Total financial loss attributed to identity theft in 2013 $24,700,000,000 Total financial loss Average financial loss per identity attributed to identity theft incident theft in 2012 $4,930 $21,000,000,000 Identity Theft by the Numbers Percent of U.S. households that Total financial loss reported some type attributed to identity of identity fraud theft in 2010 7% $13,200,000,000 Average number of U.S. identity fraud victims annually 11,571,900 Reported Identity Thefts by Type of Fraud Misuse of Existing Misuse of Other Exist- Misuse of Personal Credit Card ing Bank Account Information 64.1% 35% 14.2% 10 Ways to Protect Yourself from Identity Theft Misuse of Other Existing Bank Account Secure your mail 2 Safeguard your Social Security number Don't leave a paper trail Never let your credit card out of your sight Know who you're dealing with. Take your name off marketers' hit lists. в) Be more defensive with personal information. Monitor your credit report. Review your credit cards statements carefully. Make it harder for identity thieves to misuse your personal data in some way that involves fraud or deception Brought to you by www.ecogreenitrecycling.co.uk ecogreen IT RECYCLING Sources: http://netsecurity.about.com/od/quicktips/qt/erase_drive.htm http://netsecurity.about.com/od/newsandeditorial 1/a/How-To-Safely-Recycle-Or-Sell-Your-Old-Computer.htm http://www.statisticbrain.com/identity-theft-fraud-statistics/ Please refrain from copying any part of the infograph/content or the blog without our prior permission or without proper mention of our company name. Incase the content is copied without proper attribution, this will be considered as copyright infringement. 10