Suddenly your credit cards are maxed out. Your bank account is empty. Welcome to the nightmare of identity theft…
Cases of identity theft and identity fraud in the first seven months of last year were more than double the number for all of 2010. According to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, cases to the end of July 2011 totalled a staggering $7.1 million. By year’s end, that total had reached over $13 million with over 21,000 complaints. Experts expect that as many as one in six Canadians will be victims of identity theft during their lifetime. In some cases, the theft of your identity could go unnoticed for years, making it almost impossible to identify the perpetrator. Some victims lose everything they have. Everyone touched by identity theft feels violated.
This must-read book shows you how to:
1) recognize scams
2) protect yourself from falling victim to these scams
3) how to recover from being victimized.
This book examines how criminals target their victims, how they collect personal information, what they do with that information, why identity theft is so profitable and the many types of fraud related to identity theft. It also explains how you can safeguard your information, ways to identify if your information has been violated, and what to do if you are a victim of identity theft or fraud