If you are a victim of identity theft on campus, contact NAU PD<\/a> at 928-523-3611<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you think that your NAU account information may have been compromised please contact the Student Technology Center at 928-523-9294<\/a> or visit Information Security at NAU<\/a>.<\/p>\n Identity theft is the use of another person\u2019s personal information to commit fraud without their knowledge or permission.\u00a0 The most common type of identity (ID) theft is financial fraud where perpetrators gather personal information\u2014names, Social Security numbers, addresses, account numbers, passport information\u2014to use or open accounts for their own personal gain.<\/p>\n As a student, you will receive many credit card offers. Credit card companies want to sign you up early in your college career and keep you as a lifetime customer. At the same time, you become a prime target for ID thieves, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Criminals count on you not following simple preventive steps that you must take to protect your credit status.<\/p>\n Under the Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act<\/a>, the Federal Trade Commission<\/a> is responsible for receiving and processing complaints from people who believe they may be victims of identity theft, providing informational materials to those people, and referring those complaints to appropriate entities, including the major credit reporting agencies and law enforcement agencies. For further information, please check the FTC’s identity theft Web pages<\/a>. You can also call your local office of the FBI<\/a> or the U.S. Secret Service<\/a> to report crimes relating to identity theft and fraud.\u00a0 <\/strong>The Federal Trade Commission has a toll-free phone number at 1-877-382-4357<\/a> and an online complaint form<\/a>.\u00a0 At a minimum make sure to:<\/p>\n For additional suggestions on how to protect yourself, visit these helpful resources:<\/p>\n To alert consumers to fraudulent, deceptive, and unfair practices in the marketplace, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)<\/a> offers guidelines and services to help you avoid unscrupulous vendors of scholarship search products. \u00a0Remember: You should not have to pay for a scholarship.<\/p>\n If an identity thief has obtained a student loan in your name, report it in writing to the school that opened the loan. Request that the account be closed. Also report it to the U.S. Dept. of Education Inspector General\u2019s hot line.<\/p>\n OnGuardOnline<\/a>, a government web site has some fun and quick games to play to test your knowledge about identity theft.<\/p>\n\n Log in to LOUIE<\/a> to:<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Identity theft If you are a victim of identity theft on campus, contact NAU PD at 928-523-3611. If you think that your NAU account information may have been compromised please contact the Student Technology Center at 928-523-9294 or visit Information Security at NAU. What is identity theft? Identity theft is the use of another person\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","ring_central_script_selection":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-115","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/sdas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/sdas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/sdas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/sdas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/sdas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/sdas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5990,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/sdas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/115\/revisions\/5990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/sdas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What is identity theft?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Who is the prime target for ID theft? You!<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Follow the 3 D\u2019s: deter, detect, defend<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Deter: protect your information<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Detect: routinely monitor your financial accounts and billing statements<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Defend: what to do if you have a problem<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Test your knowledge<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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