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guest - June 19th, 2009 2:38 PM

Considering that paying invoices is a regular business practice, how can I avoid becoming a victim of invoice fraud?[br]

guest - June 19th, 2009 2:44 PM

If you are ever solicited by any business to advertise in any kind of publication, you would do well to check them out thoroughly. Con artists or defrauders will prey on businesses, because they believe that since businesses pay invoices everyday, they will pay their invoices as well. So they will send the business a bogus invoice that resembles a real invoice, about a product that was never ordered, thinking the business won't stop to check it out first. [br][br]Always check each invoice you get and make sure you actually got the product or service shown on the invoice. If you did not order the product, or never heard of the company, report it as fraud to local authorities and ignore it. Save the invoice as proof of the fraud, but don't act on it. [br][br]

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Identity theft comes in many forms.

A person’s identity can be 'borrowed' for the purpose of creating fictional credit cards or a person’s entire identity can be usurped to the point where they can have difficulty proving that they really are who they claim to be.

Up to 18% of identity theft victims take as long as four years to realize that their identity has been stolen.

There are many ways to protect your personal identity and many steps you can take to prevent your identity from being stolen:

*Never give out unnecessary personal information
*Never provide bank details or social security numbers over the Internet
*Always remain aware of who is standing behind you when you type in your personal credit codes at ATM machines and at supermarket checkout swipe machines.