I used to laugh when I would watch those silly Capital One commercials where there was an old man speaking in the voice of some young teenage girl who had just stolen his identity and bought numerous things. In reality, it's not funny at all. I've never really thought of what I would do or how I would handle that situation. I read an article called; Coping with Identity Theft: Reducing the Risk of Fraud. One thing I received from this article was the cation of using Debit cards (I use mine at least once a day-oops!) Although there is no defined way to keep thieves from your identity, there are many things to do to help lower the likelihood. I found this article very useful.
http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs17-it.htm
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Kelly,
I used to laugh at those commercials too! Identity theft is awfully scary and I know many people that have been victimized. I took the debit card information to heart too. I use it all the time, but I am now re-thinking that!
I remember those commercials.... Identity theft is a serious issue and I like the fact that we are getting out the message that it is, even if it is presented in a silly commercial
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