Swiped: How to Protect Yourself in a World Full of Scammers, Phishers, and Identity Thieves

Increasingly, identity theft is a fact of life. 

We might once have hoped to protect ourselves from hackers with airtight passwords & aggressive spam filters, & those are good ideas as far as they go. But with the breaches of huge organizations like Target, AshleyMadison.com, JPMorgan Chase, Sony, Anthem, & even the US Office of Personnel Management, more than a billion personal records have already been stolen, & chances are good that you’re already in harm’s way.

This doesn’t mean there’s no hope. Your identity may get stolen, but it doesn’t have to be a life-changing event. Adam Levin, a longtime consumer advocate & identity fraud expert, provides a method to help you keep hackers, phishers, & spammers from becoming your problem.

Levin has seen every scam under the sun: fake companies selling “credit card insurance”; criminal, medical, and child identity theft; emails that promise untold riches for some personal information; catphishers, tax fraud, fake debt collectors who threaten you with legal action to confirm your account numbers; & much more. As Levin shows, these folks get a lot less scary if you see them coming.

With a clearheaded, practical approach, Swiped is your guide to surviving the identity theft epidemic. Even if you’ve already become a victim, this strategic book will help you protect yourself, your identity, & your sanity.