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Your credit record can affect your ability to get a job.
True. Some employers check your credit record as part of their background check on you.
2.
It is safe to use automatic log-in processes on your computer, because the sites that save your account information and passwords are secure.
False. Another person can get onto your computer and take advantage of it. Also, not all sites are secure.
3.
Gathering personal information from several people and forming a fake "person" out of it is called _______.
Synthetic identity theft. The name refers to forming a new person out of several others.
4.
How many states have laws against identity theft?
All of them. Though the laws differ in how much they cover, all states now have laws.
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If someone sends you an email claiming to be from a certain organization, it may or may not be legitimate. If it is not legitimate, then it is _______.
Phishing. Phishing is impersonating an organization in email, over the phone, or via text to persuade you to give out your personal information.