Its a fact; many people are causing identity theft themselves by doing something that doesn’t add any benefits – adding their social security number to their State ID and Driver’s License.

I was overhearing someone in my office today and they were concerned about all the people that are falling prey from identity theft.  One of the first things that can be done to decrease the possibilities of having identity theft happen is to make sure you don’t include your social security number on documents that don’t really need them.

If for some reason, you find that you have added your social security number to your ID’s, don’t worry, just take action.  Take some time to get new ID’s printed without your social security number.  That way, if you lose your license or ID, the person who finds it will not have access to this valuable information.

The other place where people often put their social security number, which opens up another way for identity theft to occur, is on their personal checks.  This too is a huge mistake.  You can do a search online for places where you can get new checks made up fairly cheap.

These small precautions are well worth the nominal fee to avoid having to pay the cost of money and time from identity theft!

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