By A. Abbott Locksmiths

02/03/2013 There have been many stories in the press about people’s lives being ruined after thieves have stolen their identity, sometimes almost forcing people into bankruptcy as the thief empties bank accounts and increases the balances of your credit cards. Your 24-hour locksmith will be able to help you provide your home and business with the best safes, lockable filing cabinets, and master key systems to protect you over the long term.



How Do Thieves Steal Your Identity?



Thieves operate extremely unsophisticated methods to steal your identity at one extreme, and at the other they plan organised networks to try and scam you away from your personal information.



A thief might steal paperwork from your recycling, which will show them a combination of your name, address and date of birth and perhaps banking and credit card information from paper statements. With this information they might be able to open up new bank accounts and use new credit cards and run-up high bills which they will then leave while banks chase you to make the repayments.



With your identity, they may be able to conduct illegal business in your company’s name by taking out loans or placing orders to a redirected address, leaving your business with the problems and the expense.



Some identity thieves operate over the Internet by sending out millions of emails asking for private bank information and when they pretend to be offering you large sums of money, people are tempted by the potential rewards while not really understanding the risks involved.
Others hack into computer networks to find information that they can piece together to help them steal from you.



Locks at Home and at Work



Have you been robbed or are you at risk of it because your security and lock systems might be inadequate? Is it time to consider more advanced locking systems and security for your home or business?



Some businesses are able to have their locks rekeyed so that you don’t have to suffer the expense of replacing all of their locks after a security compromise. Your 24-hour locksmith will also be able to offer master key systems for use at home and your office so that you can always access every locking facility, even when your employees or children mislay keys, which would normally have involved you purchasing new locks.



There are many systems available to suit the needs of homeowners and business owners and your local locksmith would likely welcome the chance to talk to you about your options.



Even where people have been suspected of looking at private and confidential information, at home or in your business workplace, your emergency locksmith can make immediate changes to your security system to ensure that the person contemplating illegal activity is prevented from actually carrying it out.



There’s no such thing as being overcautious about your belongings and your identity. A quick search of the Internet and a look at some real-life stories of people whose identities have been stolen, will help you see that dangers exist, are very real, and are worth being proactive about.

A. Abbott Locksmiths

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