Thieves use a form of electronic communication to pretend to be a company or financial institution in order to get the victim to give up their personal information
What is Phishing
100
Going through the garbage
What is Dumpster Diving
100
Don't carry this in your wallet
What is Social Security Card
100
One of the more depressing ones... apply for what you do to make money
What is a job
100
Someone who gets your information off the internet
Who is a hacker
200
FTC
What is Federal Trade Commission
200
Taking purses/wallets
What is Stealing
200
Questions you should know the answer to these questions when you enter a password
What is Security Check Questions
200
More common... use information to open what?
What is bank and credit accounts.
200
How many complaints of identity theft were there in 2008?
What is 300,000
300
When someone wrongfully acquires and uses a consumer's personal identification, credit, or account information
What is Identity Theft
300
Breaking into a computer system
What is Hacking
300
Shredding
What is shredding all documents that contain information that can lead criminals to hacking
300
They make these in stores
What is a retail purchase
300
Information carelessly discarded into the trash can be stolen when a thief digs through the garbage.
What is dumpster diving.
400
Filing this at a bank because you are out of money
What is Bankruptcy
400
Changing address
What is diverting mail
400
Check these at least once a year for errors
What is credit reports
400
Some thieves take the money and file for this
What is Bankruptcy
400
Number given to you by government that you should protect from thieves
What is Social Security Number
500
You file these with the FTC because someone stole your identity
What is a complaint
500
You're the bank company in the email
What is Phishing
500
don't enter these on public computers, if you do, log out.
What is usernames and passwords
500
You, but not yourself, are under arrest.
What is Giving a Person's Name during an arrest
500
A thief can apply for this when he/she steals your ID. Hint: driving