Text 4 Since 2003,identity theft has become increasingly common.Few people could imagine how important things like taking mail to the post office and not leaving it in the mailbox for pickup,shredding documents instead of throwing them out with the trash,even using a pen costing a couple of bucks,have become to avoid life-changing crimes. Translation
4 Since 2003, identity theft has become increasingly common. Few people could imagine how important things like taking mail to the post office and not leaving it in the mailbox for pickup, shredding documents instead of throwing them out with the trash, even using a pen costing a couple of bucks, have become to avoid life-changing crimes. Text
Text 5 More and more people are becoming anonymous victims of identity theft.We spend many hours and dollars trying to recover our name, our credit,our money and our lives.We need to look for different ways to protect ourselves.We can improve our chances of avoiding this crime,but it will never go away. Translation
5 More and more people are becoming anonymous victims of identity theft. We spend many hours and dollars trying to recover our name, our credit, our money and our lives. We need to look for different ways to protect ourselves. We can improve our chances of avoiding this crime, but it will never go away. Text
Text 6 It's not just a list of do's and don'ts,we need to change our mindset.Although online banking is now commonplace,there's a significant group of people in the country-the baby boomers, 15 per cent of the population who still prefer to use paper. What's more,30 per cent of cases of fraud occur within this group.A check has all the information about you that an identity thief needs.If you use a ballpoint pen,the ink can be removed with the help of a regular household chemical and the sum of money can be changed.More than 1.2 million bad checks are issued every day,more than 13 per second. Translation
6 It’s not just a list of do’s and don’ts, we need to change our mindset. Although online banking is now commonplace, there’s a significant group of people in the country – the baby boomers, 15 per cent of the population – who still prefer to use paper. What’s more, 30 per cent of cases of fraud occur within this group. A check has all the information about you that an identity thief needs. If you use a ballpoint pen, the ink can be removed with the help of a regular household chemical and the sum of money can be changed. More than 1.2 million bad checks are issued every day, more than 13 per second. Text
Text 月 7 Check fraud is big business.and growing by 25 per cent every year.Criminals count on our mistakes to make their jobs easier.So how can we prevent identity theft before it happens to us? 8 Take a few precautions.Don't leave your mail in your mailbox overnight or over the weekend.Thieves wait for the red flag to go up,so they can look through your outgoing mail for useful personal information or checks.Use a gel pen for checks and important forms;the ink is trapped in the fibre of the paper,and it can't be removed with chemicals.Also,shred or tear up all documents which contain personal information before you put them in the trash. Translation
7 Check fraud is big business . and growing by 25 per cent every year. Criminals count on our mistakes to make their jobs easier. So how can we prevent identity theft before it happens to us? 8 Take a few precautions. Don’t leave your mail in your mailbox overnight or over the weekend. Thieves wait for the red flag to go up, so they can look through your outgoing mail for useful personal information or checks. Use a gel pen for checks and important forms; the ink is trapped in the fibre of the paper, and it can’t be removed with chemicals. Also, shred or tear up all documents which contain personal information before you put them in the trash. Text
Text 9 Remember that there are plenty of online opportunities for thieves to create a false identity based on your own.We're all aware of the risks to personal information on computer databases by hacking and Trojan horses.But choosing someone and doing a Google search can also yield large amounts of personal information,and so can online social networking sites such as Facebook and Bebo.And just as we take our pocketbook with us when we leave the office to go to the bathroom,it's also worth logging off your computer to avoid opportunistic theft. Translation
9 Remember that there are plenty of online opportunities for thieves to create a false identity based on your own. We’re all aware of the risks to personal information on computer databases by hacking and Trojan horses. But choosing someone and doing a Google search can also yield large amounts of personal information, and so can online social networking sites such as Facebook and Bebo. And just as we take our pocketbook with us when we leave the office to go to the bathroom, it’s also worth logging off your computer to avoid opportunistic theft. Text