cutypie wrote:Well dont want to say too much .....but some things being thrown my way at moment?
Some questions.
1) Do you have a Facebook or other account displaying genuine personal information? If yes ammend your account or delete it.
2) Do you have a Firewall on your pc? If not get one immediately.
3) Install Decent antivirus such as F Secure/AVG/many others are available.
4) Avoid GMail addresses, these addresses seem to be the haven of criminals and you cant see where they are on the globe, obviously.
5)Install Anti Spyware software, like Adaware/Spywareblaster/Spybot...there all free and make sure you update the definitions every day.
6)Online banking and Emails sent to you, proportedly from your bank.Same goes for your Ebay/Paypal accounts.DO NOT REPLY.If in doubt ring your BRANCH.NEVER CLICK ON A LINK.
7) Buy a shredder.Never dump bills of any kind in your garbage, shred them, along with any banking correspondance or anything with your personal information.
8) Always ensure your Router does use encryption, and ensure the default password is changed.Do not use easily crackable encryption, these codes are available on the web for anyone to see.
9) Never ever do online shopping on a public computer in say an internet cafe, and never ever set the system to remember your passwords.
10)Never keep a document on your computer called "passwords".There are dedicated computers out there specifically looking for files with precisely this name.Instead name it something with a really abstract name, Like my favorite sausage recipe.
11)Conduct a credit check on yourself, to see if theres any credit taken out on your address that you dont know about.Then contact the company concerned.You might find you have bought another address, and in some cases you will be amazed to find how easy it is with 3 documents to obtain enough personal information to obtain credit, then reroute the mail so you never hear about the fraud till its too late.
If you want more advice let me know.