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- From: henrik@stat.tamu.edu (Henrik Schmiediche)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: What to do if your wallet is stolen
- Date: 26 Jan 1993 07:28:56 GMT
- Organization: Department of Statistics, TAMU
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- In article <C1FI09.G17@vcd.hp.com> johne@PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_GATEWAY_FILE (John Eaton) writes:
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- *Most people worry that if their wallet is stolen that the thief will use
- *their credit cards. Their biggest worry should be that the thief will use
- *their idendity. If they use your cards to buy something then they will get
- *caught, but they can use your ID to open up new accounts.
- *
- *That is a good reason for not carrying your SSN card in your wallet.
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- OK,
- so what is the best line of self-defense if your wallet gets stolen.
- Canceling credit cards is easy, what next? How does one protect against
- another person using your identity?
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- - Henrik
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- Henrik Schmiediche, Dept. of Statistics, Texas A&M, College Station, TX 77843
- E-mail: henrik@stat.tamu.edu | Tel: (409) 845-9447 | Fax: (409) 845-3144
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