Phishing.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nIn almost half of reported identity theft cases, the victim knew the criminal.<\/p>\n
What do you do if your identity is stolen?<\/h3>\n
Almost half of all reports of identity frauds are discovered by the user first, although banks and credit card companies have methods in place to stay on top of it as well. If your financial credentials are stolen, you need to contact your bank and\/or credit card companies immediately, both by phone and in writing. You’ll want to file a police report with details about where your identity was stolen, what you believe was or could have been stolen, and documented proof of the crime.<\/p>\n
You don’t want to risk identity fraud. Monitor your credit reports closely, shred sensitive mail and documents before throwing them away, and ensure your computers and network are running latest security updates and antivirus, as well as other security measures. For a complete review of your security, contact us at (845) 783-0046 and we will help pinpoint vulnerabilities and fill in the cracks before a costly event occurs.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Your identity has quite a lot of value, especially in the wrong hands. Security firm\u00a0ZoneAlarm\u00a0put together some numbers in 2011 concerning identity fraud, and it even shocked us. Let’s talk about a few of these statistics and what it means. First of all, what shocked us the most is that according to the FTC, in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[57,10,59,8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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