The thing to remember is that it has become so commonplace that the odds are pretty high that you’ve been a victim or you know someone who has. I cannot stress this enough, be more aggressive with your monitoring. Get in a habit of checking systematically. I don’t care if you have $20,000 in the bank or $20. That doesn’t matter to these guys. It’s not fiat money they are after. Its credit and the doors that open once they get their hand on it. These days people are using stolen personal info to seek medical treatment. Yup, medical identity theft. So stay on the ball people. Watch you statements, for God sakes keep your info under lock and key (particularly on the web, maybe get more spyware or software protection), and take advantage of the government resources.
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