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What is “identity theft”?

So there is this thing called “identity theft” whereby thieves mimic people, individuals like you to be particular, in most cases for financial reasons.

You know that nowadays you regularly need to uncover individual data about yourself, for example, your name, address, telephone number and banking details. Should a thief access this very personal information, he or she can use it to commit fraud in your name, that is no one’s wish.

These people are often armed with your personal information which they can use at any time they wish, or when they are broke in particular. With such information at their disposal they can ruin your credibility in the eyes of the credit bureau. So such information, which is personal, should be kept secret. Therefore this blog will furthermore elaborate and also give you solutions on how to stay cyber safe.

This is what these thieves do:

Most people whose accounts are being scammed suffer financially, but as for you my friend in the eyes of the law you will be the perpetrator unless you act very fast because all roads will link to you, but I guess it would be too late because you would’ve known nothing.

Right around 9 million South Africans were victims of cyber crime in the last year, as indicated by a review done by security organization Norton.

Here are ways to protect yourself from identity theft.

Identity theft can go past financial robbery. These criminals can go to a degree of making a copy of you. They do this by utilizing your documents with personal information to apply for advances or loans, occasion goals, driver's licenses and they even go to a degree of carrying out different crimes in your name.

These are some of the people who have had identity theft experiences:

You have read, watched, saw and hopefully have grasped as much information as you could on identity theft. If you feel you need more information on this topic you can do more research to add on what you've gained on this piece. If you want more information on cyber safety you can check out SaveTNet which is focused on helping victims of cyber related acts or rather crimes, in the case of child abuse be it anywhere, on social media even, you can  also search for the matla a bana charity organisation which is also of great help.                   

   Let's be cyber safe at all times.