Standard 9 Fraud and Identity Theft Review

Another name for Pyramid Scheme is ________________.

• Health Fraud Scheme

• Security Scheme

• Fraud

• Ponzi Scheme

_________________ is a federal agency that enforces consumer protection.

• Federal Theft

• Fraud

• Federal Trade Commission

• Identity Theft

Which one of these would not be a way to protect yourself from ID theft.

• Avoid passwords that include information that others may know.

• Throw all unused personal information papers in the trash.

• Use a lockbox to secure personal information

• Never give out personal information through an email. Unless you are sure the person is really who they say they are.

Using a person’s name or personal information without the person’s permission for the purchase of stealing money or to get other benefits is called _______________________.

• FTC

• Fraud Alert

• Identity Theft

• Fraud

Taking money from your employer that is not yours is called ________________.

• Long Firm

• Embezzlement

• Security Fraud

• Fraud Skills

Someone who knowingly deceives you for their own personal gain is called ________.

• Fraud

• Personal Theft

• Forgery

• Identity Theft

Which one of these will help protect you from fraud.

• Waiting 6 months to do an antivirus update on your phone.

• Giving your social security number to someone on a social medial app.

• sending your password to your bank account by a text message.

• Shielding your PIN  number when checking out at a store.

Creating fake documents and signatures is called ____________.

• Forgery

• Identity Theft

• Fraud

• Embezzlement

If a thief gains your information from your doctor by a computer what type of tactics did the thief use?

• Stealing

• Pretexting

• Phishing

• Hacking

If someone tries to gain personal information from you by pretending to be your credit card provider by email what form of identity thief is this?

• Phishing

• Skimming

• Hacking

• Pretexting