How to Prevent Identity Theft

• Keep your numbers to yourself
• Safeguard documents
• Check your credit report once or twice a year. Seeing all of your account activity in one report is an easy way to make sure your identity is intact.
• Examine statements from financial institutions and verify that account information is correct. At Navy Federal, use Account Access.
• Watch for unexplained interruptions in your mail service. If there is one, contact your local post office to verify that your address has not been changed without your knowledge.
• Watch out for “phishing”