One of the nice things about Toastmasters is I get to listen to a variety of topics as people give different types of speeches. Tonight one of the members gave recommendations about how to avoid identity theft.

• You don’t want to have identity thieves get access to your driver’s license, the Social Security, or your date of birth
• 13% of crime is identity theft.
• 25% of bank customers have had issues with identity theft 2.5 million accounts of identity theft and one year.
• To recover from identity theft can cost thousands of dollars and take a long time.
• The two forms of medical identity theft is
• When doctors try to scan insurance companies and
• When individuals try to use your services for themselves. Their misuse of your account can cause your insurance premiums to go up

Ways to avoid identity theft

• Don’t carry your social security card and insurance card at the same time
• Keep an eye out for scammer devices such as when you’re feeling your car.
• Don’t fall for fishing schemes such as responding to an unknown email.
• Be careful of links on the Internet. When someone offers some for free click on this link and a can go to the wrong area. Links can make their site look like an official site but it’s actually is not. And when you try to login you give them your account information. These type of deceptive websites are called honeypots
• Avoid using self-serve bank machines. And if you do hide your codes when typing in the end because there may be survey technology watch what you do.
• Purchase identity theft protection

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