There are many cases of identity theft over the last decade. The identity thieves were not expert criminals. In fact some of the arrests made revealed that the identity thieves were crooks and didn’t even have previous criminal records. This is because many people unknowingly reveal too much information about themselves and with the right motivation identity thieves can easily do their craft.
Victims range from the early twenties up to late fifties. The main reason why these are targets is because these are the ages where people can obtain credit cards and they usually have many transactions in their work and businesses and provides a perfect cover for criminals to do their craft without being detected at once. However there were also cases where the victims were below twenty and this only shows that our kids are also vulnerable to identity theft. So that they won’t become victims, here are some tips that the kids can easily follow.
They should never give out important information about themselves in social media and even to their friends as school. Some of the important information includes name, age, their address, their school address, their preferences and their current location. They can post pictures but they have to make sure that the location is not revealed. They should also not entertain people soliciting help and donations. While it is good to help, some criminals take advantage of this to lure people into revealing their identities. They should not read emails coming from someone they don’t know.