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8 Ways to Prevent Identity Theft

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

You and I may not think twice about these transactions, but someone trying to steal your identity would. Did you know that identity theft is the fastest growing crime in North America?! According to an inspection done by the US Postal Service in 2004, there were over 10 million cases of identity theft in one year alone.

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Growing up in the 1950?s

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Most telephones were on a party line (and yes the parties did ease drop on each other, but they also let us do ‘conference’ calls). On the other hand… there were no drones, stoplight cameras, computer virus problems, identity theft, angst over credit ratings, amber alerts, full body scanners to enter an airport and etc.

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