Never Again

A few months ago, I had my identity stolen. We are not quite sure how, but it was suggested that it might have had something to do with cell phone interception when I was talking to my credit card company. I had never even considered something like this happening.

You can be assured that I asked about phone encryption when I was buying a new cell phone last week. I wanted to know what was available and why this was not made clear to me when I had purchased my previous one.

I now have a secure gsm and I will not let this happen again. I have always been diligent at shredding my mail before I toss it and I cover my pin number when I am using my ATM card. It pays to be informed about all of the ways identity theft can happen, because I never in a million years thought that it could happen to me.