How Can You Protect Yourself From Identity Theft Scams?
Identity theft is raising crime in world today
. There have been many efforts taken to stop such crime but some or other loophole remains which are usually by the people. We lack in taking proper care of our assets which are very personal to us. These include our credit cards, computers, mobile phones, bank ATM cards and more. These are most precious things to us because all such identity crimes are done with intention of making money from it.
Criminals steal our identity and do all money transactions on our behalf and we are not aware of it until one day something crisis happens and then we realise that we should have taken proper care of our private assets. With introduction of newer technologies, there is danger to our mail access and internet accounts also. We often get mails saying that it is from our bank and that they need our private information to reverification process.
Such mails are also received by name of our mobile phone service providers also. These are called as phishing mails. They are sent by fraud users with intention to get your personal details and steal your identity. Past times have observed people believing such mails and doing just the wrong thing by giving them all the information needed. But now people have started becoming wise and ignore such mails. Many such identity theft scams are recorded in department history.
Some examples of identity theft scams
There are many such scams noted in worlds in recent times. One such scam is about getting text messages on your mobile phones saying message such call us and know the secrets of paying off all your debts at one shot including your mortgage and free off your mortgage in less than 10 years, or message as get the best deals in mortgage and refinancing. Call us on this number and so on.
When you call on such numbers, they ask all your details and speak with you very politely and with such confidence that you just get impressed by the service offered and readily give your personal details with your account details and loan mortgage details.
Some real world scams
Newly rising dumpster diving scam in which your trash works as a treasure for some other. So it is important to dispose off your trash very neatly so that even if anyone finds it, he/she will not be able to get anything out of it.
Accessing your mailbox by hacking your password is another most observed scam. Always make a habit to log off from your machine before you leave your desk for merely 2 min also. Those 2 min can cost your millions remember.
Credit card protection is also very important and leakage prone information.
Data breaches are caused when some one accesses your computer and steals all the personal data you have. Remember to always restrict access to your computer to yourself. This can be achieved by password mechanism also.
There are many more such ways to watch out for when protecting your data and yourself from prone to some identity theft scam.