Digital Branch: Identity Theft: Overview

Overview

Find resources from identity theft workshops offered at the Morse Institute Library in 2019-2020.

SPECIAL PROGRAM: PREVENT IDENTITY THEFT

Sue Katz, certified personal financial counselor and educator with American Consumer Credit Counseling, provided a workshop on identity theft in January 2021.

Identity Theft Protection
Information sheet provided by American Consumer Credit Counseling which accompanied the workshop led by Sue Katz on 2021.01.21. See recording above.

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Everyday Scams and Identity Theft
From the Office of the Attorney General of Massachusetts.
Protect Your Identity
From the Office of the Attorney General of Massachusetts.
Robocalls
From the Office of the Attorney General of Massachusetts.

Financial literacy : planning for the future : protect yourself from identity theft & other scams by Grey House Publishing/Weiss Ratings
ISBN: 9781642652703
Publication Date: 2019
This title is part of a series called Financial Ratings Series designed and filled with information and worksheets that offer solid financial guidance on a variety of financial and consumer topics.
Money 911: Identity Theft and Scams by Jean Chatzky (Read by)
ISBN: 9780062000507
Publication Date: 2009-12-29
The popular TODAY financial editor Jean Chatzky helps you navigate through the critical challenges and potential catastrophes of personal finance.
Protecting Your Internet Identity by Theresa Payton; Chris Swecker (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9781442265394
Publication Date: 2016-11-16
Protecting Your Internet Identity illustrates the depth and importance of a person's online persona and reputation, and provides strategies for building the best possible online identity. This updated edition addresses the newest ways that people live their lives online, the pressing legal changes that you need to know, and cutting edge technical developments and new ways to protect your identity and reputation.
Scam Me If You Can by Frank Abagnale
ISBN: 9780525538967
Publication Date: 2019-08-27
Former con artist Frank Abagnale's new book is about the very latest tricks that today's scammers, hackers, and con-artists use to steal your money and personal information.
Swiped by Adam Levin; Beau Friedlander (As told to)
ISBN: 9781610395878
Publication Date: 2015-11-24
Increasingly, identity theft is a fact of life. We might once have hoped to protect ourselves from hackers with airtight passwords and aggressive spam folders, and those are good ideas as far as they go. But the truth is, there are people out there -- a lot of them -- who treat stealing your identity as a full-time job.