7.2 ID Theft Review

________________ is when a thief watches you punch in your credit card number, debit card pin, or listens to you give a friend your address.

• Phishing
• Pharming
• Skimming
• Shoulder surfing

________________ occurs when someone wrongfully obtains or takes your personal information and uses it.

• Insurance
• Personal identity
• Identity theft
• Dumpster diving

___________________ is when thieves go searching through dumpsters, trash cans, recycling bins, and even trash heaps at the landfill to find personal information.

• Dumpster diving
• Trash can diving
• Recycle diving
• Identity theft

___________________ is when thieves steal your existing credit card information and reroute your bills after they run up a balance.

• Bank fraud
• Credit card fraud
• Finance fraud
• Government document fraud

Before you enter your personal information online, you should find out:

• How the company collecting your information will protect it.
• Why the company needs it.
• With whom it might be shared.
• All of these.

Carson's wallet with his driver's license, a debit card and his credit card has been stolen. Which of the following is NOT something an identity thief might realistically do with this information?

• Take a college admissions exam in Carson's name.
• Rent an apartment under Carson's name
• Use Carson's name during an arrest
• Make purchases with Carson's credit card

Identity thieves can also steal your personal information from websites and computers. Common steps to protect your information online include:

• creating unique passwords, giving your passwords out, and deleting your history
• creating simple passwords, keeping passwords safe, and avoiding unfamiliar websites
• creating unique passwords, keeping passwords safe, and clicking on all links
• creating unique passwords, keeping passwords safe, and avoiding unfamiliar websites

If a thief gets your _____________________, it allows them to steal your identity very easily, which is why it is important to never carry this card with you.

• telephone number
• birth date
• Social Security number
• address

If you discover that your identity has been stolen, one of the first steps to follow is to:

• go check your mailbox.
• call your family to let them know.
• file a police report and close your accounts.
• call your friends to inform them of a thief in the area.

If you suspect that your identity has been stolen, the most important thing to do is to:

• call your family and friends.
• act immediately and start calling your bank and credit card companies.
• shred all your documents that have personal information on them.
• don’t worry about anything because someone else will take care of everything.