Strangers (mostly hot women (I am male), but some people generally with usernames that suggest they are women) have been sending friend requests to my myspace. I don’t have very many friends on myspace and not enough to do certain things on certain myspace games (Mafia Wars for example), so I’ve been adding them. But is this safe? My profile doesn’t display my address, but it does have my city and it doesn’t have my birthday but it does have my age. It has where I went to high school and where I’m going to college. It also has a picture of me. Is there any risk of identity theft even if I don’t give out any more information than is already on my profile?
Like I said my birthday isn’t on there. Also my last name isn’t displayed.

Debbra

For my household accounts (medical, banking statements, etc.), I keep a file of the most recent stuff. Every few years, I clean out the file cabinet, and place the old stuff in a box and label it with the latest date of the contents.

The problem is, I have a closet full of boxes of this stuff that I’d like to get rid of. They still have active accounts, and SS numbers etc. Throwing these in the trash presents a risk of identity theft.

I tried shredding, but with a small household shredder, it takes forever.

I don’t want to hire a commercial service - I’m not a business and don’t want to pay the $

I thought of getting an old steel drum and having a bonfire but I don’t think the city would be too happy.

Any ideas are welcome.

Spencer

I recently started receiving confirmation e-mails for website accounts which I didn’t create, but have apparently been set up using my e-mail address. They typically have a ‘click here if you received this in error or did not request this account’, so I do that. I’m pretty sure it’s a kid because they are websites oriented toward children like Disney.com. But I’m a little freaked out that someone out there is using my address. Am I at risk for identity theft? What should I watch out for? Is there anything I can do to stop this?
I thought Phishing only worked if you replied and sent your password (which I DON’T do).

Phyllis

create a list of 10 recommendations on how to secure personal information and decrease the risk of identity theft.

Florentina

ty all for the help, i found it in my car lol

Tomasa

Okay. Let’s just say that:

You hand-draw something. There are some drawings and some of your print writing (writing in print - not cursive). If you scan that into your computer and display it on the Internet, are you at risk of identity theft or something similar, such as, someone forging your handwriting? What about if someone listens to your voice on the Internet? With all of the technology today, I wasn’t sure. I wanted to share some stuff I’ve drawn and wrote on the Internet. Please help!

Thanks!

Almeda