Ways to prevent Identity Theft

Identity Theft has become a natural phenomenon these days and the most painful thing is that, Identity theft is growing day by day. This is a criminal offense but the criminals are becoming more and more sophisticated day by day. Millions of people have become victims of identity theft and this is like a nightmare if it occurs to you. So we should be more careful so that we can prevent identity theft and protect ourselves from identity theft.



Helpful tips to prevent identity theft:

1. Keep all your personal information and documents safe and secret, like your back account number, credit card and ATM card number, your social security number etc.

2. Do not share your important personal information over telephone or internet. Sharing personal information over telephone and internet is highly risky.

3. Do not give your social security number to anyone. You may need to give your social security number when paying tax or at the time of identification, but otherwise there is no need to share the social security number. If anyone asks you to give the social security number then you should why he needs it.

4. Use safe passwords to all your accounts and memorize the passwords. You should also memorize the social security number and password.

5. Check your credit report at least twice a year from all the three credit reporting bureau.

6. If you find any mistake then try to correct it as soon as possible so that you have not to face any inconvenience in future.



7. Check whether all your bills come every month. Other wise the criminals can steal your credit cards documents.

So if we can be a little bit careful then we can easily prevent Identity theft. Hope it helps. Feel free to share your thoughts and suggestions.