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10 Steps to Better Protect your Identity
1. Never give out financial information such as your checking/savings
account number, credit card, debit card or your social security number
unless you know the person or organization.
2. Immediately report lost or stolen checks.
3. Immediately notify your banker if you receive any suspicious phone
inquiries.
4. Closely guard your ATM Personal Identification Number (PIN).
No one should ever ask you for your pin number.
5. Shred any financial solicitations and old bank statements before
disposing of them.
6. Put outgoing mail into a secure, official Post Service collection box.
7. If regular bills fail to reach you, call the company to find out why.
8. If your bills include questionable items, don't ignore them, investigate
immediately.
9. Periodically contact the major credit reporting companies.
10. Be especially careful when using a website, you can very easily be
"phished"(redirected to an illegitimate website that mimics the website
you were on.) Contact the bank immediately if you are at all
uncomfortable with a transaction.
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