For Groups of Twenty to 200,
Conference Rooms to Convention Halls.

Through real anecdotes—often funny, often heartbreaking—a Don’t Fall Prey session brings home the epidemic of ID Theft and on-line scams. Laura Lively, fraud prevention specialist, provides real world tips to lessen your chances of being a victim of identity theft, one of the fastest growing crimes in decades. You’ll come away from your Don’t Fall Prey session aware of the newest scams and able to distinguish fact from fraud.

Topics:

1. Protecting Yourself from Identity Theft
2. Internet Ingenuity: Avoiding Online Scams
3. What’s Lurking in Your Online Inbox?
4. Savvy Seniors Can Sidestep Scammers
5. Small Business Owners: What You Need to Know Before Accepting Payments Online or Over the Phone

Learn:
How best to monitor your credit for unauthorized activity/accounts
How best to safeguard those portions of your financial profile that don’t report to a credit agency, i.e. checking accounts, mutual funds.

Questions Answered:

1. Is it safe to shop online?
2. Should I use my debit card online?
3. What can I do to protect my identity?
4. I’m a small business owner and I’m thinking of opening up a website to sell my products.  What do I need to know?
5. My mom took a phone call from someone who claimed he could roof her house for half the price of a recent bid she’d just received.  Is it really a good deal?
6. My bank offers online banking.  Is it riskier than mailing my bills/payments?
7. I received an email saying I was the beneficiary of the estate of an uncle I didn’t know I had.  What should I do?
8. My sister doesn’t have a credit card.  Should I let her use mine?
9. Should I sign the back of my credit card?  Or put “See ID” on it?
10. I received an email that had a great offer for some software I’ve wanted to buy.  Should I purchase it?
11. I received a bill for plastic surgery I never had.  Is it just a billing error or could it be more?
12. Am I really responsible for all the fraudulent charges that occurred after I lost my cell phone?