The Vermont Victim
Advocacy Project's
Identity Theft Information!
The Vermont Victim Advocacy Project is pleased to make the following information about identity theft available. Identity theft is an ever increasing problem; however, there are steps individuals can take to deter identity theft, detect when identity theft has taken place, and defend against the damage that identity theft causes.
Please review the following information which is supplied courtesy of the U.
S. Federal Trade Commission (http://www.ftc.gov/idtheft)
Video
This is a ten minute video prepared by the FTC that gives an overview of
important information about identity theft. Please note that you may need to
allow your web browser to run scripts or active-x controls in order to view the
video.
More Information
This
is a small brochure in PDF format published by the FTC which gives a quick
overview of the steps needed to deter, detect, and defend identity theft. There
is a larger, much more detailed booklet (that includes an affidavit form and
form letters to send to creditors) below.
This is FTC's large (7,058 kb) and detailed booklet about identity theft. We recommend that you download and save a copy to your computer because it's size can make it hard to read online.
If you can't find what you are looking for or are having problems accessing the information available at our site, please contact us at 802-225-8357 or via mail at The Vermont Victim Advocacy Project, Inc., Post Office Box 313, Woodbury, Vermont 05681-0313.