On losing your identity

There are a variety of places that offer tips on how to protect yourself from having your identity stolen, and there are also services that you can pay for when it comes to identity theft protection — My basic advice is to at least take steps to protect your identity by taking advantage of the free credit reports to make sure no one has applied for anything without your approval and to use care and caution with pin numbers and passwords. Also be wary of emails since phishing emails are on the rise, the simplest way to determine if an email is a fraud? Hit the reply button and look closely at the email address, you’ll most times quickly notice it’s a scam.