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May 23, 2020

“It Takes Time but it is Time Worth Taking” Preventing Identity Theft

    Many times, in life we know we should do something before it is too late. We know our automobile battery is weak, but we wait until we are in a hurry to get to an important appointment and our vehicle will not start. We know our freezer in the basement is old, but […]

WRITTEN BY: Dennis DeCamp, M.Ed., Family and Consumer Science Educator, Scioto County, Ohio State University Extension

REVIEWED BY: Roseanne Scammahorn, Ph.D., Family and Consumer Science Educator, Darke County, Ohio State University Extension

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SOURCES:

  • Consumer Reports, (2010). How to protect yourself from Identity Theft. Retrieved April 23, 2020 from https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/2010/07/protect-your-identity/index.htm
  • Federal Trade Commission, (2020). Identity Theft. Retrieved April 23, 2020 form https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/topics/identity-theft
  • Identity Theft. (2020). In USA.gov. Retrieved April 23, 2020 form https://www.usa.gov/identity-theft
  • Loftsgordon, A., (2020). Top Ten Ways to Prevent Identity Theft. Retrieved on April 23, 2020 from https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/top-ten-ways-to-prevent-identity-theft.html

Categories: Money
Tags: Data Breech, Financial Identity Theft, Personal Information, Protecting your Computer

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