Delta Community's Top 10 Tips to Help Consumers Prepare for Holiday Season

Georgia's Largest Credit Union offers Identity Theft Protection Toolkit

--More than 100 million Americans were affected by identity theft in 2013*

--Identity theft is the single fastest-growing crime in the United States*

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Nov 06, 2014, 09:00 ET

ATLANTA, Nov. 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- To help consumers protect themselves from what is often open season on unsuspecting shoppers, Delta Community Credit Union provides these "Top 10" tips for keeping their identities, and their money, safe:

Delta Community Credit Union's Matthew Shepherd Shares Tips to Help Consumers Prepare for Holiday Season

Regularly check credit reports
Review all transactions on statements and bills
Secure or shred personal documents
Create complex passwords that combine numbers, letters and symbols
Use challenge questions with answers that are not on social media profiles
Only visit secure websites and online retailers
Look out for phishing or suspicious emails and attachments
Install the latest security patches, firewalls and virus protection on home computers
Password protect computers and mobile devices
Bank with a secure credit union or financial institution

"Nothing can ruin the holidays faster than having your identity stolen and losing money," says Matthew Shepherd, chief operating officer at Delta Community. "Financial institutions want to protect their customers and we know that consumers are their own best first line of defense. We believe these tips will arm them with the knowledge they need to protect themselves from fraud."

These tips, which are outlined in detail on the Delta Community website blog, can help keep personal information secure and minimize any compromise before it leads to financial hardship.

*Forbes.com

About Delta Community Credit Union
Delta Community Credit Union is Georgia's largest credit union serving more than 300,000 members in the metro Atlanta area and employees of top businesses, such as Delta Air Lines, Chick-fil-A, UPS and RaceTrac. Delta Community is a state-chartered credit union organized under the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance, and its deposit accounts are federally insured through the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund.

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