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1.
If someone is looking over your shoulder at an ATM, what might he or she be hoping to see?
Either your PIN number or your credit card number. A thief might be looking for either of those, or maybe both.
2.
You should be wary of emails that claim to come from the IRS because _______.
The IRS does not send emails to people. Any email claiming to be from the IRS is not legitimate and should be reported.
3.
When your credit record is harmed by identity theft, you will learn about it right away.
False. Though in some cases you might, in many others you won't until you try to take out a loan, which can be years down the road.
4.
Federal law enforcement agencies investigate every case of suspected identity theft.
False. Federal law enforcement agencies will only investigate cases of suspected identity theft if the dollar amount is very high, or if many people are victimized by the same perpetrator.
5.
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.