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根据以下材料回答题 Thebigidentity-theftbustlastweekwasjustatasteofwhat'stocome．Here'showtoprotectyourgoodname．
HERE'STHESCARYTHINGabouttheidentity-theftringthattheFedscrackedlast
week:therewasnothinganyofitsestimated40,000victimscouldhavedonetopreventitfromhappening．Thiswasaninsidejob,accordingtocourtdocuments．Alowlyhelp-deskworkeratTeledataCommunications,asoftwarefirmthathelpsbanksaccesscreditreportsonline,allegedlystolepasswordsforthosereportsandsoldthemtoagroupof20thievesat$60apop．Thatal-lowedthegangtocherry-pickconsumerswithgoodcreditandapplyforallkindsofaccountsintheirnames．Costtothevictims:$3millionandrising．
Evenscarieristhatthis,thelargestidentity-theftbusttodate,isjustadropinthebitbucket．
Morethan700,000Americanshavetheircredithijackedeveryyear．It'soneofcrime'sbiggestgrowthmarkets．Aname,addressandSocialSecuritynumber--whichcanoftenbefoundontheWeb--isallanybodyneedstoapplyforaboguslineofcredit．Creditcompaniesmake$1．3tril-lionannuallyandloselessthan2%ofthatrevenuetofraud,sothere'slittlef'mancialincentiveforthemtomaketheapplicationprocessmoresecure．Asitstandsnow,it'suptoyoutoprotectyour
identity．
Thegoodnewsisthatthereareplentyofstepsyoucantake．Mostcreditthievesareopportun-ists,notwell-organizedgangs．AlotofthemgoDumpsterdivingforthosemillionsof"pre-ap-proved"credit-cardmailingsthatgoouteveryday．Othersstealwalletsandreturnthem,takingonlyaSocialSecuritynumber．ShreddingyourjunkmailandleavingyourSocialSecuritycardathomecansavealotofagonylater．
Butthemosteffectivewaytokeepyouridentitycleanistocheckyourcreditreportsonceortwiceayear．Therearethreemajorcredit-reportoutfits:Equifax(atequifax,corn),Trans-Union(www．transunion,corn)andExpefian(experian,corn)．Allallowyoutoorderreportsonline,whichisalotbetterthanwadingthroughvoice-mailhellontheir800lines．Ofthethree,IfoundTrans-Union'swebsitetobethecheapestandmostcomprehensive--layingoutstate-by-stateprices,
rightsandtipsforconsumersineasy-to-readfashion．
Ifyou'reluckyenoughtoliveinColorado,Georgia,Maryland,Massachusetts,NewJerseyorVermont,youareentitledtoonefreereportayearbylaw．Otherwiseit'sgoingtocost$8to$14eachtime．Avoidservicesthatoffertomonitoryourreportsyear-roundforabout$70;that's$10morethanthegoingrateamongthieves．Ifyouthinkyou'reavictimofidentitytheft,youcanaskforfraudalertstobeputonfileateachofthethreecredit-reportcompanies．Youcanalsodownloadatheft-reportformatwww．consumer,gov/idtheft,which,alongwithalocalpolicere-port,shouldhelpwheniratecreditorscomeknocking．Justdon'texpectjustice．Thataudacioushelp-deskworkerwasoneofthefewerthan2%ofidentitythieveswhoareevercaught．
Whatisthetrendofcredit-theftcrime? A．Tightlysuppressed．
B．Morefrightening．
C．Rapidlyincreasing．
D．looselycontrolled．
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