70 ordspråk av Beth Givens
Beth Givens
Ultimately, you cannot prevent identity theft from happening to you, ... You can only reduce your chances.
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Unfortunately, there are some background check companies that will just go with a quick database search and call it a day.
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Usually cities do it in the reverse. They install the video surveillance first and then they consider setting up policies.
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We hear from people almost daily who are having problems with their background checks.
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We really don?t have anything to compare it to. Victims are protected by federal law from having to pay fraudulent charges, so the loss is primarily of time.
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We're seeing almost as much interest and concerns in background checks as we were seeing in identity theft about a decade ago.
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With so many uses made of credit report these days, it's vitally important that consumers regularly check them.
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Yes, you'll probably get that money back once they've done the investigation, but if the investigation takes two weeks or two months, here you are without money in your checking account.
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You might have someone who calls in (to a cell phone provider) and says her name is Jane Smith and that she is on the road and has a problem and needs to have her phone records faxed to the hotel so she can fix it. Unfortunately, cell phone carriers will often do that.
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You need to become aware of all the ways you give out information. And in every single situation, you need to make sure the name stops there.
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