Identity Theft: Protect Your Identity Online
Have you ever thought of what if someone is playing you? Yes it is possible. There are so many ways on how a person can steal your identity online. The wide usage of the internet has made this stealing much easier to do.
How? Here are some possible ways that a criminal can steal your identity, so BEWARE!
Software. Have a good anti-virus program on your computer to prevent malicious programs from damaging your computer or prevent them from installing programs that can monitor your activity. You can also install anti-phishing toolbar, firewall and other security programs to protect you.
Downloading. When you are downloading any software or add-ons make sure that you are protected with an updated anti-virus program. If you don’t update your anti-virus regularly, you’ll never know what you’ve downloaded until you extract it and install it. It is also better to download on websites who offer goodies that have been scanned already by them for malware and viruses.
Email. This is the most easiest way to steal your personal information. Someone might trick you from sending an email having a link from PayPal, eBay, from your bank or credit card company asking you to login. This trick is called phishing, it is a disguised link that if your a newbie you’ll never know its the wrong site. Once you submit your information, you already lost your identity. The criminal already has your information and will use it until you loose everything what is there. It is better not to click on email links specially when it has to submit personal information. It is wise to manually login to check if the email is legitimate or not. Do not open email attachments unless you have scanned it already and if your using Internet Explorer, update it regularly, it has an anti-phishing capabilities were it will tell you if you are in a fake site.
Credit Cards. Check with your credit card provider for any identity theft protection available. The best credit card company is the once who offer protection when the purchases becomes malicious and that an unauthorized purchases would not be charged from you. Choose a credit card company who offers virtual credit card numbers, for this numbers are for one transaction made only so that a possible theft could not re-use it again. When doing an online shopping it is better to use one credit card only, so that you can easily monitor your expenses and other suspicious transactions.
If you think that you lost some vital informations, just immediately report it to the authorities so that the usage of your identity will stop and no possible fraud can be done.
Identity theft is one of the most evil types of crimes that exist online. It happens when a person stole another person’s information. Some might just steal all the money you have in your bank account or paypal account. But some of this criminal will also use the stolen information to use the victim’s identity to do a crime again with the victims information at stake. The criminal has the ability to use the victim’s data, like to open new bank accounts, passport, create credit card and charge accounts, apply for loans and other government benefits and licenses.
This is a really really serious crime, we have to be vigilant about it because we’ll never know when it will hit you. You’ll never know maybe a chatmate, textmate or a caller is a possible criminal.
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April 5th, 2008 at 1:38 am
nice, thanks for this one!
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April 5th, 2008 at 2:28 am
welkam
April 5th, 2008 at 4:08 am
I saw a report last night on TV. May isang NGo personality (?) na na-victimize nito, Some hacked her email and started pretending to be her, soliciting contributions from her contacts. Grabe!
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April 5th, 2008 at 4:10 am
PS:
I was forewarned about this. kaya nga I stopped posting pictures of myself eh, tapos I also keep my identity a secret. kahit sa social networks I use a pseudonym.
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April 5th, 2008 at 7:51 am
Imagine someone using my identity. LOL!
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April 5th, 2008 at 7:57 am
nice picture! nice choice
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April 5th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
I’ve been using AVG free software for years. Norton is too irritating for me, don’t you think?
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April 5th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
this is a nice post and wake up call too! There are lots of people kasi providing info online and yet they never try to think of the consequences.
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April 5th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
nakakatakot talaga baka makukulong ka na lang di mo pa alam
April 5th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
mahirap lang talaga pag may magbabayad sa pepal nalalaman ang name
April 5th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
why not, kaw din
April 5th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
thanks to google search
April 5th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
what pisses me about norton is the popups lol
April 5th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
yes, but its really hard when you purchased a product online, giving your address is necessary for shipping waaa
April 5th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
chain mails and spams must be avoided/deleted/ignored (lol) to avoid identity theft according to tv patrol world’s episode yesterday.
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April 5th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
ako minsan gamit ko aga mulach!ahehehe
April 5th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
didn’t saw that, but its true. But not all the time
April 5th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
yes. we should be cautious all the time.
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April 5th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
lagot ka
April 5th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
not the cautious thing but the deleting, avoiding and ignoring. most of this are machines so we are receiving it over and over again. we just have to be aware on what to do when its there.
April 6th, 2008 at 3:43 am
I am using AVG too, it’s better than Norton.
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April 6th, 2008 at 3:45 am
Ay ako naman ginagamit ko Brian Gorrell lols
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April 6th, 2008 at 3:46 am
Sana di mangyari sa atin to. I have this experience eay back, yung isang email ko for 6 years kong ginagamit di ko na mabuksan. I dont know why. Di naman ako nagpalit ng password. kaya hayun nagpalit ako bigla ng bagong email.
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April 6th, 2008 at 5:21 am
As always… good entry
Musta na?
Uy Congrats on your daughter. Baka sa susunod na post eh graduation na sa College yan 
btw, sexy naten sa swimsuit ah
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April 6th, 2008 at 8:03 am
ganyan din nangyare sa joanjoyce ko na email kala ko nga ulyanin na ko e pero di talaga ko nagpapalit ng pass e
April 6th, 2008 at 8:04 am
hehehe sa cartoon lang kasi ko sumesexy e kaya pag bigyan nyo na ko waaaaaa…
April 6th, 2008 at 8:06 am
in na in ah
April 30th, 2008 at 8:36 am
Identity theft is indeed a rampant crime nowadays. All we have to do is to take heed on giving out our informations to anyone, whether it be online or in person.
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April 30th, 2008 at 10:37 am
i agree don’t just give it all away.. even to your dearest one