| 1- Check your credit report regularly | | | | someone you trust to pick it up. |
| 2- Secure personal information in your home, | | | | 5- Pickup new checks at the bank. Do not have |
| especially if you have roommates, employ outside | | | | them mailed to your home. |
| help, or are having work done in your home. | | | | 6- Reduce the number of credit cards you |
| 3- minimize the amount of information someone | | | | actively use to a minimum. |
| can steal, do not carry extra credit cards, your | | | | 7- Cancel unused bank or credit accounts. |
| Social Security card, birth certificate or passport in | | | | 8- Keep a photocopy of all your credit cards, |
| your wallet or purse, except when needed. | | | | bank accounts, and investments. |
| Always store your wallet in a safe place. | | | | 9- Never give out your SSN, credit card number |
| 4- Make sure you have a locked mailbox, post | | | | or other personal information unless you are sure |
| office box or commercial mailbox service. When | | | | the source is secure. |
| you are away from home for an extended time, | | | | 10- Do not throw out your credit card receipts in |
| have your mail held at the Post Office, or ask | | | | public places always take receipts with you. |