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Protecting Your ID on Vacation
As you head off to the beach on vacation here are some simple tips to keep your identity safe.
- Watch out for pick pockets and purse thieves. This is the most common way identities are stolen.
- Take only the private information you need and leave the extra cards at home.
- Keep a photocopy of your identification and travel documents in a safe place. Don't forget the back for the 800 numbers to replace credit cards.
- Leave your checkbook locked up at the house.
- Use a credit card instead of a debit card.
- Use ATM machines you recognize to avoid fraudulent ones set up to steal cards. Also make sure there aren't any funny devices that might "skim" your number.
- Stop your mail.
- Wear your sunscreen.
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Arizona Opts Out of Real ID
Arizona has joined 13 other states that have passed laws prohibiting state compliance with the 2005 federal Real ID law. The law requires states to adopt new procedures by 2010 for making driver's licenses "more secure". However, to opposite is more likely to happen. The new licenses will become de facto national identity cards with unique identifier numbers. Now we will all have two numbers to protect.
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Stealing Your Identity and House
In a new scam the FBI is following, an identity thief establishes a line of credit in his name based on the equity in the victims property. He then drains the equity in the house dry. In another scam, the thief changes the title over to his name and then sells it to another owner.
The rightful owners don't end up losing their homes but the burden is on them to prove their ownership. It could cost them countless hours and thousands of dollars.
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