| When another person succeeds in using your | | | | pieces in your purse or wallet, backpack or |
| credit information to commit credit fraud, it | | | | car. Do not carry your Social Security card |
| can cause a lot of hassle in your life. So | | | | or your birth certificate with you unless |
| how do you protect yourself.Here are a few | | | | absolutely necessary.Limit the number of |
| tips on how to avoid becoming the victim of | | | | credit cards you carry. Try to only carry one |
| this type of crime.Periodically review your | | | | or two.Memorize your PIN and password |
| credit reports. Order your credit report from | | | | numbers. Do not write them down.Make and keep |
| each of them at least once a year.Properly | | | | copies of credit account and bank account |
| discard documents. Cut up, shred or otherwise | | | | numbers in a secure place.Guard your personal |
| destroy credit card statements, credit card | | | | information. Don't give out credit card or |
| receipts, bank statements, preapproved credit | | | | Social Security numbers to people you don't |
| offers or any other documents that contain | | | | know.Do not have your Social Security number |
| personal information.Limit identification | | | | printed on your checks or driver's license. |
| pieces. Carry only essential identification | | | | |