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title: "SSEPF10: Identity Theft Sources and Protection (Georgia Social Studies standard)"
code: SSEPF10
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Social Studies, SSEPF10
subject: social_studies
grades:
  - high-school
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# SSEPF10: Identity Theft Sources and Protection

Explain sources of and protection against identity theft.

- Subject: Social Studies
- Appears in: High School, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/social_studies/high-school.md

## Expectations

- **SSEPF10a**: Describe common ways identity theft happens including dumpster diving, skimming, phishing, stealing, and data breaches.
- **SSEPF10b**: Describe ways to protect yourself from identity theft including shredding important documents, not opening attachments to unknown emails, not revealing personal information over the phone or email, using secure networks, regularly monitoring your credit report, changing passwords on accounts, and carefully managing social media.
- **SSEPF10c**: Describe steps that should be taken if a person is the victim of identity theft including getting replacement credit cards, freezing credit histories, alerting appropriate officials, and changing passwords.
- **SSEPF10d**: Describe the basic characteristics of investment scams such as Ponzi schemes, pump and dumps, and “advance fee” scams and how to avoid them.

## Georgia Milestones coverage

No Georgia Milestones blueprint cites this standard.

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.