are there safety tips for college-bound students to fight identity theft?
College students have enough to juggle when it comes to school, work and their social life and fighting fraud often does not make the list of priorities. Because college students are susceptible to identity theft, Better Business Bureau recommends that they take seven simple steps to protect themselves on campus. According to the 2010 Identity Fraud Survey Report released by Javelin Strategy and Research, more than 11 million people became victims of identity theft in 2009. Adults age 18-24 took the longest to detect identity theft — 132 days on average — when compared to other age groups. Consequently the average cost of $1,156 is roughly five times more than amount lost among other age groups. Identity thieves do not care if you are a struggling student and don’t have a penny to your name. Sometimes all they want is to exploit your clean credit record. Young adults that establish good habits for monitoring and detecting fraud are establishing a path that will help create a healthy fi
