Identity Theft and protecting your identity

Once you have a new home number, Immediately register your new number at the U.S.
Government’s DO NOT CALL LIST: https://www.donotcall.gov/default.aspx. This
registration will prohibit solicitors from being legally allowed to contact you randomly for
sales, advertisements, surveys, etc.

Never give out any personal information on the phone if a solicitor does get thru.
You should say “no thank you “ and hang up. Or, if you really believe it is a legatine
phone call, you could simply tell them that they may mail something to you and then
hang up. If it is a legitimate phone call, the caller would already know your mailing
address – and therefore, you should not give it.

Keep your passwords in a secret location in cryption. Especially any password that
corresponds to your ATM Banking card in a secret and separate location from the card
itself.

Keep a list of credit card numbers in cryption in a secret location in the slim event your
wallet or purse gets stolen. Along with each card number, keep the customer service
number so that you can call each company to report the card stolen.