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Aihue Identity: Hoemi i ka Poino

I ka makahiki i hala aku nei, ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi pōʻino o ka ʻaihue ʻike kālā. Ua hoʻohana ʻia kaʻu ʻike pilikino e kākau inoa no nā lawelawe kelepona a me ka pūnaewele ma kahi mokuʻāina ʻē aʻe, kahi i loaʻa iaʻu nā leka hōʻiliʻili mai nā mea lawelawe. ʻO kaʻu pilikino, ka helu ʻaiʻē, ka loaʻa kālā, a me ke olakino o ka naʻau i paʻa nui. Ua manaʻo pilikino. Ua huhū a huhū au i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i kēia haunaele. ʻAʻole like ka leʻaleʻa e like me kēlā ʻāpana o makamaka kahi o Monica i aloha ai i ka wahine nāna i ʻaihue i kāna kāleka hōʻaiʻē (The One with the Fake Monica, S1 E21).

Ua hōʻike ka Federal Trade Commission i ka loaʻa ʻana o 2.2 miliona mau hōʻike hoʻopunipuni mai nā mea kūʻai aku ma 2020! A mai loko mai o ia mea, 1.4 miliona mau hōʻike ma muli o ka ʻaihue ʻike, ma kahi o ʻelua ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o 2019.*

ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke ʻōlelo i koʻu mahalo no ka mea i hana ʻia, akā ʻoiaʻiʻo ua aʻo nui wau mai kēia ʻike. Eia kekahi mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo no ka mālama ʻana iā ʻoe iho a me kāu poʻe aloha mai ka ʻaihue ʻike.

E ʻike i:

E pale i kāu ʻike:

  • E hōʻoia i ka ikaika o kāu mau ʻōlelo huna a hoʻonui pinepine ʻia. Inā like ʻoe me aʻu a paʻakikī hoʻi e hoʻomanaʻo i kāu mau ʻōlelo huna, e nānā i kahi lawelawe hoʻokele password kaulana.
  • Ke hoʻohana nei i nā kamepiula lehulehu (ʻo ia hoʻi ma ka hale waihona puke, kahua mokulele, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe), mai mālama i kāu ʻōlelo huna a me nā ʻike pilikino ʻē aʻe.
  • E makaʻala i nā hoʻāʻo phishing (com/blogs/ask-experian/pehea-e-aalo-phishing-scams/).
  • Mai hāʻawi i kāu ʻike pilikino ma ke kelepona.

E hooikaika:

Ke lana nei koʻu manaʻo ʻaʻole e ʻike kekahi o ʻoukou i ka ʻaihue ʻike. Akā inā hana ʻoe, eia nā ʻanuʻu āu e hana ai (identitytheft.gov/ – /Steps). Noho palekana a olakino!

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* Punawai FTC: ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2021/02/new-data-shows-ftc-received-2-2-million-fraud-reports-consumers