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Make Yourself Virtually Identity Theft PROOF in 60 Minutes or Less
by Terry Price
The FBI has called it "The fastest growing crime in America." Close to 10
million Americans every year are victimized by it and the costs are estimated at
50 billion dollars annually. Many criminals get off easy while the victims spend
years working to restore their damaged credit reports and reputations. Worse
yet, there seems to be no end in sight.
"The popularity of the crime is simply growing faster than the solutions to stop
it" many experts conclude. The task of recovery is so time consuming and
tedious, multiple states have resorted to creating "Identity Theft Passports"
for victims in an attempt to ease the pain for them as they endure the lengthy
and frustrating clean up process.
By the end of this article I will share with you the secrets of making yourself
virtually identity theft proof in 60 minutes or less (for free). I use the term
"secrets" because less than 1% of the country are aware of these techniques (let
alone practicing them).
If Americans took these preventative steps up to 99 percent of all identity
theft would be eliminated. However, "why" this beneficial approach is not being
made common knowledge in the mainstream media is something I will not disclose
in this article (more on that another time). For the moment I believe the
biggest crime one can commit is to not share this information with their friends
and family (by the end of this article you will understand why).
Unlike other authors covering this subject I will not insult your intelligence
by sharing common sense tips like "Don't carry your SSN Card or ATM PIN number
in your wallet or purse" or "Keep all data sensitive documents like credit card
and bank statements locked up in your home or office". This is elementary advice
at best. The key to protecting yourself from identity theft is to look at what
the masses are doing and then do the opposite (to say the least).
Almost 70 percent of Americans are now shredding all their mail and documents
and many are even subscribing to credit monitoring services or buying identity
theft insurance in an attempt to protect themselves from becoming victims. While
this is better than doing nothing it's a far cry from TRUE security.
Study the Past to Predict the Future
Contrary to popular belief statistics show the majority of identity theft does
NOT result from the internet as most consumers have been led to believe. In
fact, less than 10 percent of identity theft cases (where data compromise can be
determined) originated online. In almost 50 percent of cases consumers are the
ones who detect the breach.
In nearly 40 percent of cases the criminal was someone who was in close contact
with the victim (friend, relative, neighbor, coworker, in-home employee, waiter/waitress
or financial institution employee). In then end, nearly one third of identity theft
cases come from a stolen wallet/purse, checkbook or credit card.
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