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Preventing identity theft for dummies

Book information

Publisher
Wiley
Year
2004
ISBN
0764573365, 9780764573361, 9780764577000
LCC
HV6679 .A73 2004
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3311027 bytes)
Series
For dummies
Pages
206\219
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Twenty-seven million Americans have been victims of identity theft in the last five years and the total cost of identity theft approaches $48 billion per year (total costs to businesses are $43 billion and the direct cost to consumers is $5 billion)These staggering statistics have prompted security consultant Michael Arata to provide readers with the resources they need to guard themselves against identity theftIn this valuable book, Arata offers easy-to-follow, straightforward advice on understanding identity theft, minimizing risk, maintaining vigilance, choosing who to share personal information with, selecting hard-to-guess PINs, determining victimization, reviewing a credit report, charting a course of action, resolving credit problems, reclaiming good credit, and much moreExplains how to recover successfully if identity theft does occurAuthor Michael Arata, CISSP, CPP, CFE, ACLM, is a veteran of the security industry with more than fifteen years of experience

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