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Posted By Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman on Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 11:30 AM
Desperate times make people, well, desperate. Protect yourself. Delete your taxes.
"I don't need to come to your house to find out what's in your house," he said. "I can just enter through your computer. Do not store information there that you don't want the world to see."Cyber identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes around these days according to the U.S. Secret Service which, along with the FBI, investigates these crimes. Two major independent studies report an estimated 10 million Americans were victims of identity theft last year.
It seems natural to save a copy of your taxes on your computer but Schmidt says that's a terrible idea. Once a thief gets a hold of a document like that he or she also gets your Social Security number, home address, date of birth and all the particulars about your income. Next, they assume your identity, applying for credit cards and bank loans in your name. They stain your credit history and generally make your life a living hell.
Read the rest of this Huffington Post, via AlterNet.org, article here.
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