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Identity Theft
There are many different types of identity theft.
Most have one thing in common and that is thieves take some
form of your personal information like social security number,
date of birth, name or a portion of it, address, maiden name, etc. They use
this information to obtain credit cards, loans, property, and
merchandize in your name benefiting from your credit rating.
All
employees should contact security when they observe suspicious
individuals. Solicitation on campus is not
permitted.
Federal Trade Commission
The Congress of the United States asked the Federal
Trade Commission to provide information to consumers about identity
theft and to take complaints from those whose identities have been
stolen. If you've been a victim of identity theft, you can call the
FTC's Identity Theft Hotline toll-free at 1-877-IDTHEFT (438-4338). The
FTC puts your information into a secure consumer fraud database and may,
in appropriate instances, share it with other law enforcement agencies
and private entities, including any companies about which you may
complain. The FTC, working in conjunction with other government
agencies, has produced a booklet entitled
ID Theft, When Bad Things Happen To Your Good Name to help you guard against and recover from identity
theft.
Attorney General of Florida
The Office of the Attorney General of Florida
offers a two page
brochure packed with concise useful information and their website
has a number of useful links at
http://myfloridalegal.com/identitytheft.
Victims of identity theft should review
Florida's Identity Theft Victim Kit, an all-in-one resource that
provides victims with specific instructions for filing a police report
and beginning to clear their names.
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