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By: Brooke- lynn Navarro

How can someone detect identity thieves and how to prevent them from stealing your information from the computer?. By: Brooke- lynn Navarro. Identity theft: What is it?. “It’s when a criminal obtains enough personal information to impersonate you.”-p.41

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By: Brooke- lynn Navarro

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  1. How can someone detect identity thieves and how to prevent them from stealing your information from the computer? By: Brooke-lynn Navarro

  2. Identity theft: What is it? “It’s when a criminal obtains enough personal information to impersonate you.”-p.41 We think of identity theft, when someone gets ahold of your credit card or steal mail from your trash and impersonate you. This also happens on the computer, where now a days people purchase things on the internet, check their bank accounts and also a identity thief can just steal your information on Facebook or any social networking site, if your account is unsecured. According to FTC has estimated that 9 million Americans are victims of identity theft each year.

  3. How can you detect identity thieves through the computer • Monitor your account balances and your activity on your debit or credit card weekly. • This way you can catch the thief that is stealing your information as early as possible • Use e-mail-based account "alerts" to monitor transfers, payments, low balances and withdrawals. • This way your bank will probably send you e-mails or notifications if your credit has been drop to a low score

  4. How can you detect identity theft on your computer • Enable your computer’s firewall if it’s not turned on. • This way your firewall will help you prevent unauthorized access to your computer from remotely locating identity thieves or computer hackers. • A computer hacker or identity thief who is determined any means to subvert your existing firewall, to cause harm to your files on your computer • View windows firewall notification messages and note the web address indicated for remote access attempts on your computer

  5. How to detect identity theft on your computer • Check if your online banking accounts and see if you note any unauthorized purchases or activity. • This is an indication that a identity thief has gained access to your online financial resources • Make sure you changed your passwords after conducting a full spyware and virus scan on your computer

  6. How can you detect identity theft or computer hackers on your computer • There are some software programs that you can buy to scan your computer, to detect that an identity theft or hacker has taken any personal information on your computer: • Recommended programs: • Norton Internet Security • Kapersky Internet Security • McAfee Free Scan

  7. How to Prevent identity thieves from stealing your information?

  8. Preventing identity thieves from stealing information from your computer and your personal information • Computer: • Install a firewall on your home computer from accessing your personal information from your hardware. • Install and update virus protection software • Protect your files and secure it and create difficult passwords so no thieves or hacker can invade it. • Computer: • Never respond to phishing e-mails. • When shopping online, only give your credit card information to companies with strong security protection

  9. Preventing identity thieves from stealing your information in your everyday life and your computer? • Always review your credit card statements and always keep an eye on your credit report. • In everyday life: • Shred any evidence of all private records and statements • Never carry your social security card on you • Never leave ATM, credit cards or gas receipts behind

  10. Think Before you type and click: So, think before you put all your personal information on the computer, such as your full name, address, social security card or birthday. Have a “critical eye” check if the website that you are doing your online shopping if it’s legit. Remember, there are identity thieves waiting to grab ahold of your information. By having a “critical eye” this way you can prevent an identity thief from stealing any of your information and impersonating you.

  11. Credits http://www.softwaremedia.com/software-guides/prevent-computer-hacking.html http://www.privacymatters.com/identity-theft-information/identity-theft-computer-hacking.aspx http://www.ehow.com/about_6129542_computer-identity-theft_.html http://www.softwaremedia.com/software-guides/preventing-identity-theft.html -preventing identity theft

  12. Credits: http://www.techsupportforum.com/225-how-to-prevent-hacking/ http://www.ehow.com/how_5908717_detect-computer-hacking.html http://www.bbb.org/us/article/detecting-identity-theft--the-quicker-the-better-523 Pictures from the internet: Slide 2: http://identitytheftnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/id-theft-victim.jpg http://www.dreamstime.com/personal-identity-theft-computer-security-thumb16376492.jpg

  13. Pictures from the internet: http://blog.contactpointe.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/hacker.jpg http://www.cbtplanet.com/images/hacked-computer.jpg http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/identity-theft-1.jpg

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