Violation of privacy in many instances occurrs because personal and confidential records are stored on computers which are not protected properly.Which result in identities being stolen.Scam artists use e-mails and other techniques on the internet such as phishing to try acquire personal information such as banking information,credit card numbers and passwords.Through requesting your online banking details so that they send vast amounts of money as a result of winning a BIG lottery. This information ends up in the scammers hands and uses these details for illegal deals such as credit card fraud.Overally it results in IDENTITY THEFT!
You can prevent identity theft in several ways.
1)Shred all your financial documents before discarding them
2)DO NOT click in unsolicited e-mail messages AND
enroll in a credit monitiring service.
Now that you know,wareness is an effective weapon against identity theft.Educate your friends ,family and members of the community.Be aware of how information is stolen and how you can protect and monitor your personal information to uncover any problems quickly and know what to do when you suspect your identity has been stolen
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people caught doing such should be charged gulity
ReplyDeleteThe most we can do is protect our information and sadly stop relying on online services for everything. This is because these criminals will continue to succeed because of people's over dependence on online services.Our trust in the things we find on the web needs to just decrease for our own good.
ReplyDeleteHumm !!! well it's definitely a crime and should be punished
ReplyDeletethis is so true!!!
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