I just found this great article on Yahoo Finance.
Secrets of a Former Credit Card Thief
If you want to learn some first-hand tips for how to protect your identity and your credit history, this article is a “must-read”.
His #1 Tip:
Check your accounts and check them often. Don’t just check once a month when you get your statement. Keep tabs on your accounts weekly or even daily. Free software like www.mint.com can help with this, or you can just do it the old fashioned way (pretty time consuming though).
This article had tons of other great tips, all from this former (now reformed) credit card thief, including:
- How to protect yourself online
- Which credit cards identity thieves like most (and why)
- The risks that come with using debit cards
- How identity thieves use “phishing” scams (SPAM emails that trick you into giving up your password info)
- How to protect yourself at the ATM
- And much more…
Check out the link above for more details. Highly recommended!