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** Narrator: ** It's important to protect your personal information and to take certain steps quickly to minimize the potential damage from identity theft if your information is accidentally disclosed or deliberately stolen  **//Take shots of two different people in exactly the same place, in exactly the same pose, at exactly the same distance and angle. (Requires a tripod.) Hold the shots for at least 10 seconds each. They could actually be photographs, too. The plan is to fade one into the other because one is stealing the identity of the other. //** ** Narrator: ** Online threats like phishing, spyware, and hackers are identity theft. ID theft occurs when someone uses your name, Social Security number, credit card number or other personal information without your permission to commit fraud or other crimes. That's why it's important to protect your personal information. **//Take shots of documents like Social Security card, drivers license, checks, credit cards, passport, or whatever else comes to mind concerning one's identity. //** **//Narrator: //**How identity thieves get your personal information: **//Perhaps video someone placing (or throwing) them on a table (or floor or bed. . . whatever) one at a time. Use text over the shots with brief dos and don'ts about protecting yourself from identity theft. Record an audio version of the same dos and don'ts to use as a voiceover. //** **//Maybe someone at a bank teller window exasperated because his/her identity has been stolen? or on the phone wrangling with a credit card company? or talking to a policeman who is trying to arrest him for something he didn't do? //** // Donts:  // Don’t give out your Social Security number unless it is absolutely necessary DON'T put any other information besides your name and address on your checks NEVER give out personal information on the phone to someone you don't know and who initiated the call. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Don’t use public computers or public wireless for your online shopping **//<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Make a transition from the tips to keep from having your identity stolen //** **//<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Narrator: //**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">You can reduce the risks of online fraud by pr otect your personal information. //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Do’s: // <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Put a password on your credit card accounts <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Always check your online bank and credit card statements <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Periodically check your credit reports <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Shred banks and credit card statements, credit card offers, new checks, and tax information to prevent dumpster diving. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Narrator: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> It's important to protect your personal information, and to take certain steps quickly to minimize the potential damage from identity theft if your information is accidentally disclosed or deliberately stolen: **//<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">to do if your identity IS stolen. Voice over would tell what steps to take to get your identity back. //** <span style="background: #eaf6ff; line-height: 13.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt 15pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: top;"> · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Place a "Fraud Alert" on your credit reports, and review those reports carefully. Notifying one of the three nationwide consumer reporting companies is sufficient. <span style="background: #eaf6ff; line-height: 13.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt 15pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: top;"> · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Close any accounts that have been tampered with or established fraudulently. <span style="background: #eaf6ff; line-height: 13.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt 15pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: top;"> · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">File a police report with local law enforcement officials. This is an essential step in claiming your rights. <span style="background: #eaf6ff; line-height: 13.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt 15pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: top;"> · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Report your theft to the Federal Trade Commission, <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> online, by phone, or by mail <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">(Taken from: http://www.onguardonline.gov/topics/identity-theft.aspx) ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Narrator: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Visit ftc.gov/idtheft and read //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Take Charge: Fighting Back Against Identity Theft  // for detailed information on other steps to take in the wake of identity theft. **//<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">End with the opposite of the beginning--the original person comes back into the picture. //**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Defend Yourself against Identity Theft **