Education

Interactive Quizzes:

Identity Theft Face-Off

7 Practice Quizzes to Stop Hackers in Their Tracks!

Mission: Laptop Security Quiz

Invasion of the Wireless Hackers

Workshops

Identity Theft: Myths and Realities

Every day new forms of Identity Theft and related scams are reported. This workshop helps you avoid and better understand this pervasive crime while giving you resources that will help you recover from ID Theft. Discussion topics include: defining, testing your knowledge, protecting against fraud, reviewing case histories, and tips on how to recover.  

First Saturday of the month            Free of Cost            Click to Register

Identity Theft Victims: Regaining My Identity

Offers a group setting in which Identity Theft Victims will have the opportunity to share their situation as part of the recovery process.  The instructor will inform the class participants of the complete remediation process and explain the necessary documents, phone numbers and websites to begin the process of restoring their identity and ultimately resolving the situation.  

Cost is $60.00      Call to Schedule: 1.800.410.2227 ext. 126

Safeguard Your Information:

Shred financial documents and paperwork with personal information before you discard them.

Protect your Social Security number.  Don't carry your Social Security card in your wallet or write your Social Security number on a check.  Give it out only if absolutely necessary or ask to use another identifier.

Don't give out personal information on the phone, through the mail, or over the Internet unless you know who you are dealing with.

Never Click on links sent in unsolicited emails; instead, type in a web address you know.  use firewalls, anti-spyware, and anti-virus software to protect your home computer; keep them up-to-date.  Visit OnGuardOnline.gov for more information.

Don't use an obvious password like your birth date, your mother's maiden name, or the last four digits of your Social Security number.

Keep your personal information in a secure place at home, especially in you have roommates, employ outside help, or are having work done in your house.

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