Tips to Protect Your Identity

Protect yourself from identity theft by:

• Shredding all of your important papers.
• Making sure you do not throw anything away that someone could use to get your personal information.
• Being careful at ATM’s and using phone cards to protect against people who can get access to your pin number.
• Having all of checks delivered to your bank – not at your home address.
• Not putting checks in the mail from your home mailbox.
• When you order a new credit card or your previous card has expired, keep track of the time and contact the credit card company if it does not show up within the appropriate time.
• Put passwords on all of your accounts.
• Memorize your social security number and passwords so you are not carrying them with you.
• Make a list of all your credit card and bank account numbers with customer service phone numbers, and keep it in a safe place