Protection From ID Theft - A Serious Issue For Consumers



Have you ever received an email that looked urgent and official? Maybe it was from a website that you frequent or a credit card

company that you use. Did you find it odd that a company that you do business with emailed you asking for personal information?

Did you delete that email?

If so, good for you. You already know a bit about protection from ID theft.

You see, criminals these days are very smart, especially online criminals. They can often circumvent your basic instincts about how to protect yourself.

They do this by making those emails look like they came from someplace official, even though they could have come from anywhere at all.

This is a practice called