Several steps can protect against identity theft

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<b>YOUR WALLET:</b> Keep only a few credit cards in your wallet and keep copies of the fronts and backs of them someplace safe. Check all insurance, Medicare, Medicaid and other identification cards to make sure they do not contain your Social Security number. If your Medicare card carries your Social Security number, make a copy, cut out the last four digits and carry the copy with you, leaving the original at home except when you're seeing new doctors, says Jay Foley, who heads the Identity Theft Resource Center in San Diego.

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(Photos.com / June 1, 2004)

YOUR WALLET: Keep only a few credit cards in your wallet and keep copies of the fronts and backs of them someplace safe. Check all insurance, Medicare, Medicaid and other identification cards to make sure they do not contain your Social Security number. If your Medicare card carries your Social Security number, make a copy, cut out the last four digits and carry the copy with you, leaving the original at home except when you're seeing new doctors, says Jay Foley, who heads the Identity Theft Resource Center in San Diego.