Electronic pickpocketing?!

Scary stuff! One third of credit and debit cards are now "enhanced" with radio frequency identification (RFID). While this new technology boasts convenience, it is putting cardholders at serious risk for fraud. You'll be surprised how easy it is for someone to steal and USE your account information. Watch this video to see how to protect yourself from electronic pickpocketing.

Identity theft targets children

If you have children or grandchildren, particularly of a young age, you need to think about guarding their financial information. Increasingly, those who steal Social Security numbers and other identifying information are targeting information from children, since it will likely be years before they ever access a credit report.

GOOD NEWS, though, according to Kiplinger.com's Cameron Huddleston: you CAN protect that information, and their latest article outlines how to do it.

Here's a statistic that will likely shock you - and hopefully prompt you to take some action:

About 400,000 children a year are victims of identity theft... They become victims when criminals get their Social Security numbers from medical records, mail tampering, computer searches or a stolen wallet with the child's card in it.

Click here to read more:

http://www.kiplinger.com/columns/kiptips/archives/protect-your-kids-from-id-theft.html

Family Investment Center welcomes FBI for presentation

By Dan Danford
Family Investment Center

We're happy to welcome the FBI to St. Joseph this week. Jim Asher of the Kansas City Federal Bureau of Investigation to present on the topic of identity theft on Thursday, May 20th. The event will be held at the East Hills Public Library in the basement auditorium. Refreshments will be served at 6:30 p.m. and the presentation will begin at 7:00 p.m.

Agent Asher will cover the following topics:


What is identity theft?
Methods thieves use to steal personal information
Actions criminals take after stealing an identity
How at avoid becoming a victim of identity theft
Actions to take if a victim of identity theft

This event is free and open to the public.

For more information, call Family Investment Center at (816) 233-4100. We'd love to have you join us!