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Re: Tell us your best advice for protecting identity online

The Federal Trade Commission has excellent information on their website about protecting your identity and your children's identity: http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/topics/identity-theft
Lilyan212 09-26-2018 04:46 PM
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Re: Tell us your best advice for protecting identity online

It use to be that credit locks were easier to unlock than credit freezes, but that seems to have changed. Update on credit freeze:Credit freeze restricts access to your credit report. This makes it more difficult for thieves to open new accounts in y...
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Re: Tell us your best advice for protecting identity online

Closely monitor your financial accounts. Make sure you create your personal Social Security Account with the the Social Security Admin. even though you may not be drawing Social Security checks yet (each SS# can create only one, and by you creating o...
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Re: Tell us your best advice for protecting identity online

The Federal Trade Commission has excellent information on their website about protecting your identity and your children's identity: http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/topics/identity-theft
Lilyan212 09-26-2018 04:46 PM
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Re: Tell us your best advice for protecting identity online

It use to be that credit locks were easier to unlock than credit freezes, but that seems to have changed. Update on credit freeze:Credit freeze restricts access to your credit report. This makes it more difficult for thieves to open new accounts in y...
Lilyan212 09-26-2018 04:35 PM
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Re: Tell us your best advice for protecting identity online

Closely monitor your financial accounts. Make sure you create your personal Social Security Account with the the Social Security Admin. even though you may not be drawing Social Security checks yet (each SS# can create only one, and by you creating o...
Lilyan212 09-26-2018 08:37 AM
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Re: Tell us your best advice for protecting identity online

The Federal Trade Commission has excellent information on their website about protecting your identity and your children's identity: http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/topics/identity-theft
Lilyan212 09-26-2018 04:46 PM
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Re: Tell us your best advice for protecting identity online

It use to be that credit locks were easier to unlock than credit freezes, but that seems to have changed. Update on credit freeze:Credit freeze restricts access to your credit report. This makes it more difficult for thieves to open new accounts in y...
Lilyan212 09-26-2018 04:35 PM
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Re: Tell us your best advice for protecting identity online

Closely monitor your financial accounts. Make sure you create your personal Social Security Account with the the Social Security Admin. even though you may not be drawing Social Security checks yet (each SS# can create only one, and by you creating o...
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