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Scam, Frauds and identity theft are just some of the threats encountering by the internet users. For the new users this kind of occurrence during their search or conversation on the internet can give them quite idea that these are likely important and can simply hook them up in just a single click. So, if you are one of them and or think that you have been a witness of these blue moons or just simply to be aware about and safeguard yourself, below are the lists of activities or actions that you can take in order to put a fence on your side. – PowerPoint PPT presentation

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Title: Springhill Group Home: Protect Yourself Against Frauds and Scams, Identity Theft and Reduce Spam Email


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 Springhill Group Home Protect Yourself Against
Frauds and Scams, Identity Theft and Reduce Spam
Email
  • SPRINGHILL CARE GROUP

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Scam, Frauds and identity theft are just some of
the threats encountering by the internet users.
For the new users this kind of occurrence during
their search or conversation on the internet can
give them quite idea that these are likely
important and can simply hook them up in just a
single click. So, if you are one of them and or
think that you have been a witness of these blue
moons or just simply to be aware about and
safeguard yourself, below are the lists of
activities or actions that you can take in order
to put a fence on your side.
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1.       Do not use or carry a checkbook
When you are paying stuff, it suggests being it
in cash or credit card. Its safer to pay your
bills through your bank or credit unification
online bill paying service which is usually free.
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2.       Buy and use a paper cutter
Identity thieves actually go through homeowners
trash to acquire personal information. For you to
put off these thieves objectives, feel Secure to
cut any documents that have your social security
number or other financial information, such as
the bank account number of yours, credit card
numbers and the like that can possibly give these
people your personal identity. If you dont have
paper cutter make use of an alternative through
burning these documents completely.
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3.       Freeze your credit
This is to hands off scammers from opening
unauthorized accounts in your name or identity.
Even if your state is one of the few that does
not allow freeze, you can still freeze your files
at some of the leading major credit bureaus out
there.
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4.       Make a Do-not-Call List   5.       Make
a statement to block credit card
offers   6.       Always put your Social Security
card in a safe place When you renew your drivers
license, make sure the DMV does not use your
Social Security number as your drivers license
number.
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7.       Make use of a different email
addresses  8.     Use a separate email
address This is when you post messages to any
public forum, such as newsgroups and mailing
lists. Make an email account for such private
conversation purposes and for another for your
public identity to put a stop to this growing
identity theft. Never use your personal email
address in public because you might receive a
number of different spams. You can periodically
check this email account to see what spam is and
what isnt. A bonus is that Yahoos spam blocker
is better than those from most ISPs! And your
main personal email address wont be as clogged
with spam. Some ISPs like AOL and BellSouth.net
give you multiple email accounts free with your
paid service.
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9.    Do not give any financial information Your
money in the bank is the major goal of scammers.
So when you are on the situation of asking
somebody your financial account which reason is
pleasing to the ear such as they are just to
check your account and credit card number,
specifically you social security number on the
phone or online, unless you initiate the call and
you know the organization youre dealing
with.   10.   Do not put an interest into such
win a vacation Do not fill out the win a
vacation and other promotions you see in stores
and shopping malls. Upon writing or entertaining
it can give you junk mailing list and guarantee
calls from persistent, high-pressure salesmen.
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11.   Do not make an advance copy of your
drivers license, telephone, or social security
numbers on your checks.   12.   Report lost or
stolen checks right away. The bank can block
payment on the check numbers that are missing.
Also, review new checks you receive, to make sure
none has been stolen in transit. 13.   Store new
and cancelled checks, credit card
statements, medical bills, anything with
confidential information, in a safe place and cut
or burn them when you are done with them.
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14.   Secure your Personal Identification Numbers
of Pin Numbers for your ATM and credit cards, and
do not write on                anything or keep
your pins with your cards. You should also secure
your ATM card and credit card receipts, for
thieves might                    use it to have
access on your accounts. 15.   Use different
cases in selecting Personal Identification
Numbers for your ATM and credit cards, and
passwords that                    allow you to
access other accounts. Do not use birth dates, a
part your Social Security number or drivers
license number,                          
 address, nor childrens or spouse names.
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16.   Make use of a good anti-virus
software anti-adware software and a hardware
firewall on your computer, and keep them up to  
         date. You need all three. Almost all
modern Routers (Dlink, LinkSys, NetGear, Buffalo,
Airlink, etc.) have a hardware firewall built    
         in. See the left side of this page for
the current recommendation for ant-virus /
anti-malware programs. 17.   Dont make an
outgoing mail in your mailbox            Drop it
into a secure, official Postal Service collection
box. Thieves may use your mail to steal your
identity
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18.    Report to the company immediately, if
regular bills fail to reach you. Someone might
give a false record of you and your family to
divert your information to his or her
address. 19.    If your bills include suspicious
charges, do not ignore it. Instead, investigate
immediately to head off any possible fraud before
it occurs. 20.   Check your credit report every
day. Federal laws enable you to acquire one form
credit report from each of the 3 major credit
reporting agencies per year.
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21.   Prefer to use disposable addresses There
are services online some are free like SneakMail
that provides you disposable addresses that can
be deleted if they begin to receive spam
messages. The disposable email addresses forwards
email to a real email address of yours, but the
sender cannot see this. If you create a unique
address for each email newsletter or forum you
subscribe to you can get rid of the address is it
gets too much spam and just start using another
email address.   22.   Stop purchasing a product
or render any services to any company that sends
you spam. Do not even visit their sites or ask
for more information. Always bare in mind that,
since they send out millions of spam emails, they
only need a tiny fraction of responses to be
profitable.   And if that doesnt convince you,
consider this the vast majority of spam offers
are in fact scams.
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23.   Filter your email program Outlook does this
quite easily. When you open an email and realize
that it is spam, just click on Actions then
Create Rule, then select an appropriate action,
such as from then click Move e-mail to folder
and select the Deleted Items folder. Thats
it!  Youll never receive email from that
particular address or subject again. Do not post
your address in HTML format Otherwise you will be
spammed, since address-harvesting spiders
(programs) extract your email address from the
website and add it to the spammers lists. 
Instead use feedback forms through PHP, ASP, or
JSP that hide the email address, OR post the
email address as a GIF (image file). 2.  Do not
get so exited If someone emailed you or sends you
message or acknowledgement that you win from
lottery or any raffles from a randomly selected
from a database of email addresses.Lastly,
Multi-level marketing is a scam.
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