When you are thinking about going out of town, the possibility of identity theft should be considered. There are many ways identity thieves can access your (or your child’s) identity. When traveling, there are several steps you can take that will help you to slim down your chances of becoming an identity theft victim. Some of those include contacting your financial institutions, informing your family of your travel plans and preparing your home for safety while you are away.
Key Takeaways:
- While it’s important to do everything you can to protect yourself from identity-related crime when you’re traveling, it’s equally important to do everything you can to protect your home and the breadcrumbs of your identity that you leave behind.
- Your personally identifiable information is a basic ingredient in all stripes of identity-related crime. In the night kitchen of data crime, it’s flour, and the thief’s ingenuity is the yeast.
- Since caller ID is one authentication factor used by many institutions, if a scammer has access to your home line and some of your records, they may be able to access your cash or credit.
“Your personally identifiable information is a basic ingredient in all stripes of identity-related crime. In the night kitchen of data crime, it’s flour, and the thief’s ingenuity is the yeast.”
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