Social Media Tips Prevent ID Theft

By Adam Ayer • on September 18, 2009 • Filed under: Online Marketing Strategy, Social Media Marketing
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computersafeHave you ever had charges to your credit card show up on your statement that you’re positive you never made?

Or have you ever had comments and spam being posted from your Facebook or Myspace account to your friends’ profiles?

If so, then chances are you’re a victim of I.D. theft.

This problem of ID theft is steadily on the rise and is extremely prevalent among all of us social media users, but it’s not really talked about and is often overlooked until…uh oh… we find out it’s happened to us.ChainedSafe

I write this because I’ve personally been hacked and had my identity stolen in some way or form not once, but twice. Luckily I had some security measures in place to find out about it ASAP and keep it from getting too bad. FrustratedManSafe

But there are certain things you can do to protect yourself.

My friend, Leon Brown, has devoted a whole Squidoo page to this problem. Check it out here. Protect yourself.

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