How To Protect Yourself Against Financial Identity Theft

How can I protect myself against financial identity theft?

Really the best way to protect yourself from financial identity theft is to freeze your credit if you have the option to freeze your credit in your state. Call your local attorney general, find out if you have the option to freeze your credit. Sometimes you actually have to be a victim of identity theft to freeze your credit in your state, depending on how the law is set up, which I don't agree with that.Otherwise you may have to pay a $1. fee to freeze your credit, which I definitely think that it's worth it. Otherwise, get credit monitoring and monitor your credit 24 hours a day. In addition to that, check your credit reports at least quarterly, or at least semiannually.