Maggie's Farm

I saw him give this same talk in Tulsa a couple years ago. A very interesting story and very hunble man. He has a wealth of information, but it mostly boils down to two things. Don't be fooled by social engineering and freeze your credt at all 3 bureaus. My little addition is that once you freeze your credt, make sure you login once a year so that your online accounts don't expire. I just learned that this weekend.

Something Abagnale points out is that passwords have almost become obsolete. Use 2 step authentication on anything valuable. As long as you don't purchase or do banking on public wifi, technology doesn't have to be high risk. Never, ever use check cards. The law is not on your side if someone steals your bank card. You should shred those things today. Only use credit cards.

Everyone really does need to freeze their credit. Another point he drives home is that you almost certainly have had your info stolen, things like your SSN and credit card numbers. Nobody can open accounts in your name while your credit is frozen.