Stealing your life : the ultimate identity theft prevention plan / Frank W. Abagnale.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Broadway Books, c2007.Edition: 1st edDescription: 242 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0767925866 : HRD
  • 9780767925860
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.88 22
LOC classification:
  • HV6684.U6 A23 2007
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Contents:
The sweetest con of all -- The next victim, and it's you -- The road to becoming you -- It could be public enemy number 1 or it could be grandma -- What your duplicate is doing as you -- The twenty steps to prevent identity theft -- Understanding trade lines and the meaning of R2 -- Remember that privacy statement you threw away -- My farewell to checks -- They got me, now what? -- The crime that keeps on stealing -- Write your company and congressman now! -- Staying two steps ahead (or three).
Summary: Examines the growing problem of identity theft, explaining how easy it is for anyone to assume someone else's identity, the devastating impact of such a crime, ways identity thieves work, and concrete ways to protect oneself against the crime.
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The sweetest con of all -- The next victim, and it's you -- The road to becoming you -- It could be public enemy number 1 or it could be grandma -- What your duplicate is doing as you -- The twenty steps to prevent identity theft -- Understanding trade lines and the meaning of R2 -- Remember that privacy statement you threw away -- My farewell to checks -- They got me, now what? -- The crime that keeps on stealing -- Write your company and congressman now! -- Staying two steps ahead (or three).

Examines the growing problem of identity theft, explaining how easy it is for anyone to assume someone else's identity, the devastating impact of such a crime, ways identity thieves work, and concrete ways to protect oneself against the crime.

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