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Parenting Pointers: Synthetic Identity Theft

Motherhood Moments

Children are especially vulnerable to a new form of identity theft – synthetic – which now makes up 85 percent of cases and means thieves use combinations of real and fake information to take out loans, get credit cards, purchase cars, collect unemployment, and much more. And it’s grown 233 percent over five years.

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Spring Clean.Your Home Office

Family Balance Sheet

What does your home office look like right now? As of Wednesday afternoon, my home office looked exactly like the above picture. Six Tips to a more Manageable Home Office : 1. They are really not that expensive considering that they will help prevent identity theft. How can anyone work under that mess? Much better.

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How to Protect Your Online Banking

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I don’t want my banking information out there for everyone to see” She went on to tell me about a friend’s horror story; the friend had experienced online banking fraud, whereby somebody hacked her online bank account and transferred money to their own. Don’t Access Banking Information From Your Phone.

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Tax Identify Theft: Keep Your Tax Return Safe

Saving Cents With Sense

According to the Wall Street Journal, 330,000 homes have been hacked! Make sure you know who you are sharing your personal information with, especially your social security number (or EIN). And don’t be scared to ask questions about why they are requesting the information. Use Block Advisor’s Tax Identity Shield.

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Is Your Smartphone Putting You at Financial Risk?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

But all of this information, stored on my smartphone, also makes me a little bit nervous. What Information Can Identity Thieves Learn from Your Smartphone? An identity thief can use the information found on your smartphone to impersonate you, opening accounts in your name. Protect Your Smartphone. Money Tips'

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Tips for Protecting Your Identity

Saving Cents With Sense

Avoid becoming a part of this statistic by taking a few precautionary steps to keep your personal information safe. Only give your social security number out when absolutely necessary, and take the proper steps to ensure it’s not spread to inappropriate channels or people who will take advantage of the information.

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Get Shredded with Fellowes 73ci PowerShred and Giveaway

Nicoles Nickels

It’s so important to shred important documents and even not so important documents like junk mail you receive with your identifying information! We shred everything at work and now I shred everything at home too with the Fellowes 73ci PowerShred ! This shredder is really powerful and doesn’t take up a lot of room.

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