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In 2008, the average fraud amount per victim was close to $5,000.

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Basic Precautions

Taking basic precautions can help keep your valuable information from falling into the wrong hands. Below are some guidelines to follow to ensure you are doing all you can to protect your identity.

Awareness and Education

You are entrusting the protection of your identity to the world's largest dedicated security technology company. We secure the digital assets of individuals as well as companies both large and small.

Common Sense

When a person, website, or email asks for your personal information, ask yourself if it is standard practice for such information to be requested.

Be Aware of Your Surroundings

Be mindful of your environment and others who may be in proximity when you are making a purchse or sharing your personal information.

Offline Tips

Review your financial statements promptly

Check your credit card and bank statements each month to make sure there are no fraudulent charges and to confirm that you authorized all transactions.

Shred documents

Shred sensitive documents, such as financial statements, credit card offers and expired identification cards, instead of just throwing them out.

Get a locked mailbox

Traditional mailboxes make it too easy for crooks to steal your bank statements and sensitive financial documents.

Keep your documents safe

Put personal documents in a lockable drawer, safe or cabinet at home, and consider storing valuable financial documents such as stock certificates at your bank.

Monitor credit history

Because it can take a long time to discover that you've become a victim of identity theft, you should monitor your credit history to see if there are accounts or delinquent payments of which you may be unaware.

Use a protection service

Identity protection services help safeguard your identity by monitoring your credit as well as providing proactive protection, such as sending notifications when new accounts are opened in your name.

Online Tips

Online protection

When you are surfing the web, use a comprehensive security suite, such as McAfee© Total Protection™ software, which not only protects you against viruses, spyware and other emerging threats, but also provides safe search technology to help you steer clear of fake websites that try to collect your information.

Use strong passwords

Passwords should be at least 10 characters long and should consist of a combination of letters, numbers and special characters. Also, change your passwords periodically.

Practice safe surfing on public hotspots

If you are using a public computer or accessing the Internet from a public hotspot or an unsecured wireless connection, do not log in to banking and credit card sites.

Secure your home/business wireless network

To prevent wardriving, enable the firewall on your router and change the administrator's password.