Comments on: Guarding Against Identity Theft http://thiseclecticlife.com/2008/02/12/guarding-against-identity-theft/ Sassy Texas Storyteller Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:10:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Life Lock: Real Identity Theft Protection http://thiseclecticlife.com/2008/02/12/guarding-against-identity-theft/comment-page-1/#comment-10153 Life Lock: Real Identity Theft Protection Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:09:52 +0000 http://thiseclecticlife.com/2008/02/12/guarding-against-identity-theft/#comment-10153 [...] friend Shelly over at This Eclectic Life wrote the other day about how she felt leery faxing her social security number and other personal [...] [...] friend Shelly over at This Eclectic Life wrote the other day about how she felt leery faxing her social security number and other personal [...]

]]> By: Misty Dawn http://thiseclecticlife.com/2008/02/12/guarding-against-identity-theft/comment-page-1/#comment-8376 Misty Dawn Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:13:33 +0000 http://thiseclecticlife.com/2008/02/12/guarding-against-identity-theft/#comment-8376 This is an absolutely excellent post! Thank you so much for sharing this information! <strong>Thanks for being my inspiration!</strong> This is an absolutely excellent post! Thank you so much for sharing this information!

Thanks for being my inspiration!

]]> By: Postcards from the Funny Farm » Blog Archive » Life Lock: Real Identity Theft Protection http://thiseclecticlife.com/2008/02/12/guarding-against-identity-theft/comment-page-1/#comment-8290 Postcards from the Funny Farm » Blog Archive » Life Lock: Real Identity Theft Protection Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:09:44 +0000 http://thiseclecticlife.com/2008/02/12/guarding-against-identity-theft/#comment-8290 [...] friend Shelly over at This Eclectic Life wrote the other day about how she felt leery faxing her social security number and other personal [...] [...] friend Shelly over at This Eclectic Life wrote the other day about how she felt leery faxing her social security number and other personal [...]

]]> By: David Weisman http://thiseclecticlife.com/2008/02/12/guarding-against-identity-theft/comment-page-1/#comment-8275 David Weisman Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:54:31 +0000 http://thiseclecticlife.com/2008/02/12/guarding-against-identity-theft/#comment-8275 Worse yet, I think they can get a lot of that other information from a credit agency with just your social security number. <strong>The SS number is the thing to guard the most. I think you are right, there. I definitely don't carry mine around with me!</strong> Worse yet, I think they can get a lot of that other information from a credit agency with just your social security number.

The SS number is the thing to guard the most. I think you are right, there. I definitely don’t carry mine around with me!

]]> By: Jessica The Rock Chick http://thiseclecticlife.com/2008/02/12/guarding-against-identity-theft/comment-page-1/#comment-8167 Jessica The Rock Chick Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:48:04 +0000 http://thiseclecticlife.com/2008/02/12/guarding-against-identity-theft/#comment-8167 Great advice!! A while ago, one of my clients came into the office to pay her insurance premium. She handed me her check and I couldn't believe what she had printed on it. There was her full name, her address, her social security number, her drivers license number and her phone number. I told her I don't think it's a good idea to have all of this info right on your check that you are handing out and mailing to everybody. She said she was tired of waiting for cashiers to write the info on her checks at the store. She should seriously get a debit card then! I couldn't believe it. <strong>Yeah, I can't believe some of the things that people will have pre-printed on their checks. I received a check once that had the person's social security number printed right there on the check face! :shock: I dunno. It boggles the mind. We never think it's going to happen to <em>us.</em> That's where we err.</strong> Great advice!! A while ago, one of my clients came into the office to pay her insurance premium. She handed me her check and I couldn’t believe what she had printed on it. There was her full name, her address, her social security number, her drivers license number and her phone number.

I told her I don’t think it’s a good idea to have all of this info right on your check that you are handing out and mailing to everybody. She said she was tired of waiting for cashiers to write the info on her checks at the store. She should seriously get a debit card then!

I couldn’t believe it.

Yeah, I can’t believe some of the things that people will have pre-printed on their checks. I received a check once that had the person’s social security number printed right there on the check face! :shock: I dunno. It boggles the mind. We never think it’s going to happen to us. That’s where we err.

]]> By: Christine http://thiseclecticlife.com/2008/02/12/guarding-against-identity-theft/comment-page-1/#comment-8161 Christine Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:41:57 +0000 http://thiseclecticlife.com/2008/02/12/guarding-against-identity-theft/#comment-8161 I have had several extensive background checks completed in my life. One was for a Top Secret, "I'd have to kill you if I told you anything" kind of clearance for the military. The other was for a civilian IT computer job that contracted with the military. The questions they ask for high security clearances. Like "Who did your mom date in 195x?" "What was your great-grandmother's aunt's best friend's daughter's husband's name?" OK. Not Really. But pretty darn close! I don't have to worry about a purse. I carry a humongous diaper bag for the stuff needed by my 3 kids. Someone try to steal that sucker, they better lift weights first. LOL Seriously, great post and things to remember. One can never be too safe. <strong>Just keep the zipper closed on the diaper bag, so no one can reach in! I've never had a top secret clearance (probably because no one would trust me---information goes in my ear and out my mouth :lol:). Once I had to be interviewed for a neighbor who was seeking top secret clearance and was appalled by the things that the men in suits asked me about him! I don't WANT top secret clearance if people ask questions like <em>that!</em></strong> I have had several extensive background checks completed in my life. One was for a Top Secret, “I’d have to kill you if I told you anything” kind of clearance for the military. The other was for a civilian IT computer job that contracted with the military. The questions they ask for high security clearances. Like “Who did your mom date in 195x?” “What was your great-grandmother’s aunt’s best friend’s daughter’s husband’s name?” OK. Not Really. But pretty darn close!

I don’t have to worry about a purse. I carry a humongous diaper bag for the stuff needed by my 3 kids. Someone try to steal that sucker, they better lift weights first. LOL

Seriously, great post and things to remember. One can never be too safe.

Just keep the zipper closed on the diaper bag, so no one can reach in! I’ve never had a top secret clearance (probably because no one would trust me—information goes in my ear and out my mouth :lol: ). Once I had to be interviewed for a neighbor who was seeking top secret clearance and was appalled by the things that the men in suits asked me about him! I don’t WANT top secret clearance if people ask questions like that!

]]> By: rositta http://thiseclecticlife.com/2008/02/12/guarding-against-identity-theft/comment-page-1/#comment-8158 rositta Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:55:30 +0000 http://thiseclecticlife.com/2008/02/12/guarding-against-identity-theft/#comment-8158 I follow all those purse rules but I almost lost mine in Luxembourg with the bump and grab. I was with my friend and I saw them coming, I knew something wasn't right they way they split around us so I planted my feet firmly and knocked back and continued walking. They were shocked and swore at us but i got to keep my purse...your post gives good advice for all to heed. One other thing I did was scan all my important stuff including passport and load it into a little travel drive. That way if I did loose my purse I had access to all cards, phone numbers etc...ciao <strong>Wow, Rositta, you are braver than I am. I'd have turned the other direction and run! I like the idea of using a travel drive! Great tip. Thanks:smile:</strong> I follow all those purse rules but I almost lost mine in Luxembourg with the bump and grab. I was with my friend and I saw them coming, I knew something wasn’t right they way they split around us so I planted my feet firmly and knocked back and continued walking. They were shocked and swore at us but i got to keep my purse…your post gives good advice for all to heed. One other thing I did was scan all my important stuff including passport and load it into a little travel drive. That way if I did loose my purse I had access to all cards, phone numbers etc…ciao

Wow, Rositta, you are braver than I am. I’d have turned the other direction and run! I like the idea of using a travel drive! Great tip. Thanks:smile:

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