What are the most common kinds of low-tech identity theft?

What are the most common kinds of low-tech identity theft?

Robert Siciliano (Identity Theft Expert and CEO) gives expert video advice on: What are the most common kinds of low-tech identity theft?; What kind of personal information should I avoid giving out?; What are some of the ways my identity can be stolen? and more...

While the Internet and information on databases is readily accessible, it is actually people and paper that are the path of least resistance for these identity thieves. Identity thieves love going through your mailbox; they love going through your trash. They even love to break into your house, go into your home office, and go into your filing cabinets. So in the real world, all of the paper that's in our lives really is the tools that identity thieves are using to access our information and to open up additional accounts under our names. That's why it's so important to turn off as much of the paper in our lives as possible. So, if your utility allows you to shut off your utility statement, your bill, you get it electronically, I would do that. If your bank says that you can shut off your statement, if your credit card says you can shut off your statement, the less paper in your life the better. So, otherwise, you have to shred everything. You have to destroy anything and everything that has your information on it. You have to lock up anything, protect anything at all that has your data on it.