The Secret Lives of Children: A Beginners Course in Identity Theft Self-Defense
By Tank Sinatra
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About this ebook
In this book for beginners, preteens learn the basic principles of Identity Theft Self-Defense including:
• The 7 things you never post on the Internet
• The 3 simple words of identity theft
empowerment
• How to make an Unbreakable password
...and much more!
(for 4th through 8th grade)
Tank Sinatra
Tank Sinatra is a general contractor by trade. After his baby sister’s life was derailed and ravaged by identity theft, her struggles to live a normal life ignited in Tank a passion for learning about identity theft and teaching students and adults how to protect themselves. Using his workshops to “cultivate a culture of Identity Theft Self-Defense”, Tank has interwoven singing into his presentations and has since been dazzling small audiences with a “delightful combination of incredible identity theft knowledge, and incredibly mediocre singing!” Calling himself “The World’s Worst Singer, But The World's Best Identity Theft Singer”, Tank is a weekly contributor to www.RealClearIDTheft.com, and is currently leading a crusade to provide Texas foster care children with identity theft protection and workshops. You can follow Tank’s crusade at www.Facebook.com/40Gigsin40Days . Tank operates out of Austin and Houston Texas, USA.
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The Secret Lives of Children - Tank Sinatra
The Secret Lives of Children – an Introduction to
Identity Theft Self-Defense
By Tank Sinatra
Smashwords Edition
Copyright © 2012 Tank Sinatra
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
I. AWARENESS
The 7 Most Common Ways Identity Thieves Get Your Personal Information (plus stories, mythbusters and other stuff)
II. PROTECTION
The 7 Bits of Information You Should NEVER Publish On The Web (plus more stories and tips)
III. EQUIPMENT
The 7 Common Tools That Make You a Smaller, Less-Attractive Target to Identity Thieves
The 7 Habits of Identity Theft Self-Defense for Kids (plus more stories, tips and your very own Unbreakable password!)
IV. EMPOWERMENT
Empowerment
The Principle of JTA
About the Author
Introduction
Hi. Thank you for reading this book. I believe you will find it interesting, and full of information that you and your parents can use.
This is a book about identity theft, specifically what it is, what it does to kids like you, and what you can do to help make sure that it doesn’t happen to you. But before we get started, let me tell you why I wrote this book for you.
My youngest sister is all grown up now and in nursing school, which is an accomplishment for her. Not because she didn’t expect to get in (she’s very smart), but because she was a victim of identity theft when she was little. Her personal information was stolen and used by thieves and crooks who didn’t care about my sister or the damage they were doing to her. They only cared about what they wanted.
Even though she was victimized when she was very young, she didn’t find out about it until she was a young adult preparing for her adult life, which is when almost