Identity Theft Resource.

15 Dead Giveaways that you are already a victim of online or offline identity theft!

A word of caution: An identity thief may charge little things simply to see if they can get away with a full-scale assault on your finances. Consider that an early alert. Act on it immediately.

HERE ARE THE DEAD GIVEAWAYS

• Denied credit for a loan or mortgage that you should have qualified for
• You receive approvals and/or denials of credit you did not request
• Don't receive bank statements regularly or none at all
• Collection agencies calls and letters for unknown accounts in your name
• Phantom items on your credit card statements
• Mail containing your personal information looks like it has been tampered with or is received open
• Calls from credit card companies attempting to verify certain charges they deem "unusual for you"
• Calls from current creditors seeking to verify new credit applications you know nothing of

“Burgulars are much more sophisticated these days. They have learned that checkbooks, bills, paid or even unpaid, passports, social security cards, birth certificates, or any other personal information are much easier to sell and the payoff is greater. ”

• Reissued or new credit cards that never arrive
• A store refuses your check unexpectedly because you have a history of bad checks. (Unknown to you until that moment)
• Long distance calls on your phone bill that you are certain you or your family members never made. (Who's calling Uzbekistan at 3am type calls)
• You receive additional utility, telephone and credit card bills in your name and address
• You buy an unsolicited magazine subscription with a credit card but it never arrives
• Your home was burglarized and among the items taken were checkbooks, bills, paid or even unpaid, passports, social security cards, birth certificates, or any other personal information
• The Big One: Your Social Security Personal Earnings and Benefits Statement arrives and you discover that you earned quite a bit more than you thought. Hmmmm!

You have scanned the Identity Theft Resource Tips and you conclude that you are a victim, now what?

We should now give you an identity theft Resource that will point you in the right direction. However, before we do, here's a BONUS TIP that you should always act upon.

• You lose your wallet or left a credit card in a store or restaurant. There's a 50-50 chance that the numbers were copied. Don't take those odds!

Okay, what exactly is that identity theft resource we said we would give you to start you on your way to recovery? Your tip is to Invest in an Identity Theft Protection Package. As inexpensive as these packages are we have seen people hesitate when the time came to invest in them.

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