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Article: The Truth About Money: Safeguard your child's Social Security number
- Article from:
- Capital (Annapolis)
- Article date:
- October 21, 2007
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You know you should check your credit report to see if your
identity has been stolen. If a thief steals your Social Security
number, he or she can establish credit cards in your name, borrow
money and make purchases - all without you realizing it.
Yet millions of people have never checked to see if their
identity has been stolen. You know why? Because they can't read,
have no access to a telephone or computer and don't know how to use
the Internet (even if they have a computer).
I'm talking about 3-year-olds. In fact, I'm talking about your 3-
year-old. Your teenagers, too, and your grandchildren.
All the pundits offer advice on how you can safeguard your Social
Security number. But what ...