These tricks are more common than you think.
Key points
- Social media is a goldmine for scammers looking to obtain access to your personal information.
- Avoid giving out any personal information online that could be used as the answer to security questions for your financial accounts.
- Always do your due diligence before providing personal information to an alleged business or government employee contacting you out of the blue.
It’s amazing how much damage someone can do with just a few pieces of your personal information. They can drain your bank accounts, ruin your credit, and drive lenders to call you at all hours of the day. That’s why keeping your personal information safe is crucial to your financial well-being — and your sanity.
You probably know that you shouldn’t write down your passwords where others can find them or log into financial accounts on a public Wi-Fi network. But identity thieves also have trickier ways of obtaining your information. Here’s some you may not have thought much about.
Social media gives you a platform to share updates about your life with friends and family, but they aren’t always the only ones seeing your information. If you have your profile set to public, anyone can see everything that you post. And even if you have it set to private, a skilled hacker could still break in.
You may not realize it, but your accounts could be a treasure trove of personal information. You probably have your birthday listed there. You may have also noted…
