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Identity theft: stealing who you are
It’s a dangerous world out there
and now it has gotten worse—
people’s identities are being stolen
from them.
Now I haven’t had the misfortune
of having my identity stolen from
me, thank God, but due to recent re-
Say It Loud
&
Proud!
ports by KATU Channel Two News
it seems more and more people are
being told they are not who they
are. Unfortunately, these vandals
of one’s identity have found vari­
ous ways to hack into computers,
and take valuable, private informa­
tion about a person.
In Nov. 2001, Jody Gene Oates, was
arrested and charged with identity
theft and forgery when authorities
seized computer disks that had in­
formation that affected more than 2.5
million Oregonians. However, he
was held on a $1,000 bail and re­
leased the next day. The records
that were seized held Oregonians
with last names beginning A
through Z if they had a driver’s li-
cense or an identification card.
Some sound advice to protect
yourself from identity theft is to
make copies of everything you have
in your purse or wallet including
credit cards,
sbit
cards,
driver’s li­
cense, etc. Al­
ways have
your credit
card telephone
numbers
somewhere,
since they are
located on the
back of the card if it’s stolen. It’s
difficult to get the number. Once
your cards or ID has been stolen,
report it immediately so you have a
police report to fall back on. Cancel
all of your credit cards. Call all of
the national credit reporting agen­
cies and have them put a fraud alert
on your credit report so if anyone
tries to obtain credit under your
name it will flag your report. They
will have to call and get personal
authorization from you for any new
credit lines.
If these tactics are not followed,
your identity could disappear and
be replaced by someone who is not
really you, but got your information
and ran withit.
Kyndra Needham
Jeremy Crooks
Major: Psychology
Major: Manufacturing
"No. I watch my wallet"
"No. I usually don't bring my
wallet"
Photos and quotes compiled by
Salena De La Cruz and Maggie
Jirasck
Brandon Mihaijcic
Marvin Noble
Major: Criminal Justice
Major: General
"Na Keep really important
documents at home... Watch your
stuff."
"Yes. Now, I just don't carry my
wallet"
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