Stealing Your Life: The Ultimate Identity Theft Prevention Plan
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| Rating | : | 4.69 (669 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0767925874 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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Definitely read it, but don't accept everything he says blindly Everyone should definitely read this book. Mr. Abagnale does a great job of making people aware of how vulnerable we all are to the dangers of identity theft.What I didn't like was his tendency to sensationalize and exaggerate certain things; being able to access live satellite video feeds of your house on the internet, stuff like that. Yeah Google Earth and the street level view don't do much for privacy, but the satellite pi. "Five Stars" according to Catherine Haymore. Loaded with interesting stories and great advise.. "Five Stars" according to Fisher100. One of several good books on the subject
24)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. For those unlucky enough to be victimized, he offers step-by-step instructions on filing a police report and contacting the Fair Trade Commission. Above all, this heart-pounding guide drives home the point that identity theft can come from any direction at any time to anyone—whether a careless credit card user, diehard check-writer, "cash-only" buyer or even the deceased. Studded with alarming case histories, the first half of the book reads like a how-to for would-be thieves, offering a closeup look at financial and criminal fraud and Americans' particular vulnerability to it. (Apr. . By page 100, many readers will be willing to do anything to prevent a future fraud against them. From Publishers Weekly Offering spine-tingling terror for anyone who has a Social
This illustrates how easy it is for anyone from anywhere in the world to assume our identities and in a matter of hours devastate our lives in ways that can take years to recover from. A birth certificate will set you back $79. When Frank Abagnale trains law enforcement officers around the country about identity theft, he asks officers for their names and addresses and nothing more. The charismatic forger immortalized in the film Catch Me If You Can exposes the astonishing tactics of today’s identity theft criminals and offers powerful strategies to thwart them based on his second career as an acclaimed fraud-fighting consultant.Consider these sobering facts: *Six out of ten American companies and government agencies have already been hacked. *An estimated 80 percent of birth certificate requests are fulfilled through the mail for people using only a name and a return addr