Identity Theft – The Continuing Scourge
Identity theft continues to wreak havoc on the economy and hardworking honest people who can simply do without it with all the problems we are facing today. Even an innocent looking e-mail can be used for phishing and include the information for financial stuff and you get vishing scams. All of the above mentioned activities designed to get your information for use in criminal activity that you would surely hate.
As stressed over and over again, under any circumstance, should you provide information to people you cannot be sure of their credentials. When using the internet, be sure you are on a legitimate page with the proper security in place such as an intrusion prevention system (internet security software), and that the page is over a secure server. With that in mind, you should also be aware of current threats and if you get any email regarding you and your online accounts saying there has been a problem and that you should complete an online form to send it and resolve the problem trash it for banks have long done away with such practice due to the risks involved. You have to log-into their secure servers and do your business, making sure to log-out in case you are using a public computer.