Identity Theft

Table Of Contents

By:

Esme Garza

Victim of Robbery

1. Phishing

2. Stolen Identification

3. Victim of Robbery

4. Surfing the Internet Café

5. Real life story of identity theft

6. Precautions and prevention tips

7. statistics

8. Conclusion

9. references

when someone steals your wallet, man purse, or snatch bag and steals your identity and/or credit cards

Surfing the internet cafe

Stolen Identity

Phishing

BusyInternet - Accra

type: Internet Cafe

Rating: 5 stars

tel: 021-258800

url: www.busyinternet.com

address: 42 Ring Road

hours: 24 hours/day 7days/week

BusyInternet was founded in 2001 and has won several awards for its pioneering service, focused on great service, fast internet, and a span of other services like Internet Service at home, Wifi Hotspots around the city, copy services, serviced offices and more. Busy is now available at Ring Road Central, Tema, and Accra Mall

Can happen to you by :

the thief stealing wallets, purses and your mail

going through your trash for personal data

Stealing personal information you give to an unsecured site on the Internet

buying personal information from "inside sources'' (ex. paying someone from a store for your information on a application you put in

not legitimate e-mails to find out bank details, PINs, etc

Precautions and tips to prevent Identity theft

1. Go Paperless

2. Shred It

3. Check Your Credit Report at least once a year

4.Know what credit cards are in your wallet

5. Never give out your personal information over phone/ internet

Real Life Story Of a victim

Conclusion

Rose said she had little choice but to wait for months in jail for the first of four trials on forgery and grand theft charges. Her name started showing up on bogus checks after her purse was stolen two years ago. She wishes she had filed a police report immediately, because now she says no one believes the mother of two was a victim of identity theft.

"You know, they don't care, because everybody in jail says, 'It wasn't me. I didn't do it,'" she said.

Rose said bonding out in one county wouldn't work, because she was wanted in four different counties.

It all started at a St. Cloud supermarket where someone cashed a phony payroll check with Rose Jackson's full name on it. Rose says she has no idea who might have cashed the check, not just there but in Polk, Highlands and Hernando counties as well.

Rose had to hear from her children by mail as she awaited two trials. Both times, judges found she was not the woman who created or cashed the fake checks.

Rose is out on bond now, waiting for two more trials and finding it is nearly impossible to clear her name in the face of mounting charges in counties all around the state.

"You have no idea how it feels to continually go to jail for something you didn't do," Rose said.

Experts recommend anyone who's lost a wallet or purse to immediately file a police report and then tell police again if you believe you're a victim of identity theft and keep all paperwork with you at all times.

Identity theft happens to over 15 million people a year don't let it happen to you. Take all precautions and shred all documents with personal information a thief could use

Statistics about

Identity theft

Time Magazine wrote 2.5 million dead people get their identities stolen every year

47% of victims have trouble getting credit

or a loan because of identity theft

References

http://www.idt911blog.com/2012/05/9-alarming-statistics-about-identity-theft/

http://www.spamlaws.com/id-theft-statistics.html

http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/it/cybercafes.php

http://www.socialsecurity.gov/pubs/10064.html#a0=1