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Spyware Warrior

For Students 9th - 10th
This site includes anti-spyware comparisons, spyware forums and other anti-spyware resources.
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Identity Theft Resource Center

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn about identity theft. The resource consists of consumer and victim support, prevention information, and public education about identity theft. Topics examined are scams, consumer alerts, and victim solutions, and...
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Orca Book Publishers

Orca Book Publishers: i.d. Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Unhappy with his life at home and school, Chris sees his chance to become someone else when he finds a wallet with an I.D. in it. Then he is arrested for using the credit and debit cards. This teaching guide for I.D. by Vicki Grant...
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Get Safe Online

Get Safe Online: Bank Online Safely

For Students 9th - 10th
Many people have discovered that online banking is very convenient. For that reason online banking has become very popular. This resource presents important information on how to do online banking safely.
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: Consumer Resources

For Students 9th - 10th
A great resource from the FDIC for "becoming an informed banking consumer." Learn all about consumer protection and gain important and useful facts about such topics as phishing scams, identity theft, consumer rights, new cheque clearing...
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Practical Money Skills

Practical Money Skills: Protecting Yourself From Identity Theft

For Teachers 6th - 8th
After watching a video about the dangers of identity theft, learners will choose actions that will help protect their personal information.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Acting Out Fraud

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students act out a skit to learn about different types of fraud.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Protecting Your Identity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners will create a database of Identity (ID) Theft Protection Services. Students will create a database report with recommendation regarding individual companies' that provide identity theft protection services and which company has...
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Composing Songs and Verse About Fraud

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students write a song, rap, or poem that warns people about identity theft and types of fraud. Includes teaching guide and student worksheet that can be filled in on a computer.
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Federal Trade Commission

Federal Trade Commission: Infographic: Equifax Data Breach Settlement

For Students 9th - 10th
Infographic displays information about the Equifax data breach settlement that provided up to $425 million to help people affected by the data breach.
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Practical Money Skills

Practical Money Skills: Identity Theft Protection While Traveling

For Students 9th - 10th
Tips on how to prepare ahead of time to prevent identity theft while traveling abroad.
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Federal Trade Commission

Federal Trade Commission: Consumer: Avoiding Identity Theft

For Students 9th - 10th
Tips for avoiding the serious crime of identity theft. Learn how your identity can be stolen and how to protect yourself.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Pharming

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains a Wikipedia description of pharming.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Phishing

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains a Wikipedia description of phishing.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Spyware

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains a Wikipedia description of spyware.
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Other

Freedom to Tinker: Pharming

For Students 9th - 10th
This blog article includes a description of pharming scams and user responses to the article.
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Get Safe Online

Get Safe Online: Safeguarding Identity

For Students 9th - 10th
Online criminals use several techniques to steal identities. This resource provides links to other sites that deal with different types of identity theft scams such as phishing and spoofing.