Protect Your Identity; Protect Your Financial Future
It’s a feeling that sends chills down your spine. You feel alone, confused, and angry. Unfortunately it is a feeling experienced by many people each year – it’s the feeling caused by identity theft. Claiming millions of victims each year, identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes in the United States. According to the Federal Trade Commission, identity theft affected nearly 10 million Americans last year.
As part of a nationwide grassroots consumer education outreach our organization, Money Management International, has partnered with the National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC) and other NFCC member agencies to offer financial education in recognition of Protect You Identity Week (PYIW), October 17 -24, 2008. Protect Your Identity Week is designed to help people gain access to free information on prevention and learn what steps to take if they find themselves a victim of identity theft.
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