Awareness Campaign - Computer Security 101
Identity Theft
While cyber-crime is on the rise, many thieves still do things the old-fashioned way. This includes stealing mail from your mailbox and pilfering paper from your trash. When you are done with sensitive material, use a cross-cut shredder to destroy your documents, CD-ROMs and credit cards. And speaking of credit cards, don’t forget to shred junk mail that you don’t want in the hands of others, like those credit applications.
Question 7. Identity thieves can steal your private information by:
| A | Skimming your card in a special scanner before they swipe it in the legal scanner at a store or restaurant. | |
| B | Completing a “change of address” form at the post office to divert your mail to another location. | |
| C | Rummaging through your trash to find financial statements and other sensitive information. | |
| D | Hacking your financial records by using information collected from a phishing site. | |
| E |  | All of the above. |
While phishing is a high-tech way to steal personal information, there are other high-tech AND low-tech ways thieves can steal your personal information for criminal purposes. For more information about ways to protect yourself from identity theft, please consult http://identityweb.umich.edu/.