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Introduction to Identity Theft
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1.
Your credit record can affect your ability to get a job.
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True
False
True. Some employers check your credit record as part of their background check on you.
2.
How many states have laws against identity theft?
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Only three
Eleven
All of them
Forty-five
All of them. Though the laws differ in how much they cover, all states now have laws.
3.
Gathering personal information from several people and forming a fake "person" out of it is called _______.
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Business identity theft
Synthetic identity theft
Criminal identity theft
Synthetic identity theft. The name refers to forming a new person out of several others.
4.
Trojans and spyware are examples of _______.
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Malware
Phishing
Smishing
Malware. Malware is software that damages or disables computers.
5.
You should be wary of emails that claim to come from the IRS because _______.
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Those emails are watched more closely by the IRS
Those emails are tapping into your computer
The IRS does not send emails to people
The IRS does not send emails to people. Any email claiming to be from the IRS is not legitimate and should be reported.
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