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Identity Theft Prevention
Identity theft can happen to anyone - or any business,
for that matter. All identity theft is, is the use of
a person (or business') personally identifying assets,
such as a SSN or an EIN/TaxID, to either access accounts
and funds owned by the person or business, or to open
new accounts (i.e. for business loans) in the name of
the business or person. This identification can also be
used to commit crimes which can be traced back to you
or your business.
One common use of business identity theft is to get to your customers. A scammer, after getting the names and addresses of your customers, may impersonate your business in e-mails, postal mail or other means to gain the customer's confidence that the correspondence is, indeed, from you and exploit that trust. Not only will this hurt the customer, but the customer may not even know the person hurting them isn't your business.
To avoid this, and other problems with identity theft,
it is important to secure your data at every possible
level. If you use computers, they should be adequately
protected by security software and hardware, including
firewalls and port blockers if they have internet access.
Be careful when and where you use business credit cards
or lines of credit - always ensure that websites are up
to date on their encryption systems and never give your
information to strangers over the phone. Shred all documents
thoroughly before throwing them away. Additionally, create
some way for the customer to confirm that a message they
may get is really from you before they take any action. |
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