Have you ever been concerned about identity theft or being a fraud victim? In today’s cyberworld, identity theft and fraud have become more sophisticated than ever before. 

It is important that you stay aware and protected to avoid being on the receiving end of these cybercrimes. 

In this episode of the Secure Your Retirement podcast, we share a checklist that we created about how to protect yourself against identity theft and fraud. We cover why you should always be suspicious when it comes to emails and calls you receive related to your financial information. 

In this episode, find out:

• Consider tweaking your passwords to look different on different sites and even get a password manager. 
• Check if two-factor authentication is available when logging in, especially into financial sites.
• Consider differentiating your passwords’ themes on different sites. 
• Be careful when sharing your password. 
• Get updated software and antiviruses on your computer.
• Be careful about clicking on unsolicited emails and attachments that come with them.
• Be careful about the information you put on social media.  
• Be wary of seemingly family or friends’ emails that they wouldn’t normally send you. 
• The steps to take to protect yourself if a related company gets hacked.
• Some huge red flag calls to avoid interacting with.  

Tweetable Quotes:

• “Where the risk is you making a mistake and allowing somebody to get to that data.”- Radon Stancil 
• “Emails are getting hacked all the time and they use that as a way to get in touch with the address book that’s within that email, so be very careful about someone you think you know may not be that someone you think you know.”- Murs Tariq

Resources:

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