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Video summaries

The following videos are very high-level summaries of the course information which you can use to help educate your family (feel free to share course content or access with people in your immediate family). They are very short to encourage people to watch them without becoming overwhelmed.

The mini-guide/overview of the ID Theft issue. If you want to highest level (but also quickest) summary of the issue, this is it.
What are fraud alerts, what do they really do, and why they don't work.
Monitoring, where credit companies will charge you money for what should be a free service.
Insurance plans with their various other "services" tacked on to sound legit are more marketing than effective.
The most effective and powerful defense against Credit ID Theft that there is, but that you probably haven't even heard of.
If you change how you think of privacy and start limiting the spread of your data, your risks of ID Theft and other similar problems naturally goes down.

Course Guide for: Goodbye Identity Theft

Goodbye Identity Theft

Credit-Based ID Theft

ID Theft – The Straight Basics
Fraud Alerts Don’t Work
ID Theft Monitoring Is a Ripoff
Insurance, Dark Web, Oh My!
Blocking ID Theft with Credit Security Freezes

Non-Credit ID Theft

Why “Data Defense”?
Document Defense
Online Defense
Out and About Defense

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E-mail Dangers

Until we find out who the people are who actually buy things from spammers and kick them off the Internet, you're going to have to learn how to deal with and prevent spam.
E-mail Viruses - Learn how viruses are spread through e-mail and how to stop them
Phishing - Spot and avoid lures that pull you into the dark side of the web
Don't be one of those people that loses thousands of dollars to the classic Nigerian Scam.

E-mail Etiquette

Use CC only when necessary and BCC the rest of the time.
Use Reply-All when you mean to and never when you don't.
Practice proper E-mail Forwarding to protect privacy and make e-mails more readable.
Always personalize your e-mails to make it obvious to your recipient that it's valid.

E-mail Tips and Tricks

Using E-Mail Aliases Properly - Be careful about using sensitive data (like your real name) in an e-mail account.
Remember to treat your e-mail account with the security it deserves.
Use a decoy e-mail account to keep your main e-mail account free of spam.
Avoid using any Internet provider's default e-mail.

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Preventing Spam

Spam is annoying and worthless, but you still see it every single day. Here are some tips for preventing and reducing spam.

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E-mail Viruses

Make sure that viruses don't sneak onto your computer through your e-mails. Read some simple tips to prevent that from happening.

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Phishing

By far the most dangerous thing you'll find in e-mails is a lie. Sending a bogus e-mail to someone is generally called phishing, but can also be referred to as a Nigerian scam (depending on the goal of the e-mail). Learn to recognize and deal with phishing before it's too late.

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Nigerian Scam

Many people have lost thousands and even hundreds of thousands of dollars to the classic Nigerian Scam. Don't fall for it!

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How to Use "CC" Properly

Don't violate people's privacy and invite spam into their accounts by CC'ing all your contacts. Learn the proper way to send mass e-mails first.

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Reply-All

It's easy to embarass yourself or harm your career when you don't know how to use Reply-All appropriately.

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How to Forward E-mails Properly

Don't forward e-mails carelessly or you risk looking foolish as best and violating the privacy of all your contacts at worst.

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Personalize E-mail

Follow this simple rule of e-mail etiquette to help prevent your friends and family from falling for phishing scams.

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Using E-Mail Aliases Properly

It can be hard to find a good name to use in an e-mail account that hasn't been used and doesn't give away too much information about you.

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Protecting E-mail Passwords

Your e-mail account is the most important online account you have. Remember to treat it as such!.

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Using a Decoy E-Mail Account

Why it's very important to use a buffer e-mail account to shield your main account from people and companies that you don't trust.

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The ISP E-mail Trap

Don't fall for the trap of using the free e-mail account provided to you by your Internet service!

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