身份盗窃就在身边

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Jill had heard of identity theft, but she never thought it would happen to her. 吉尔听说过身份盗窃，但她从没想过这种事会发生在她身上。

Then, during a busy workday in December, 接着，在十二月一个忙碌的工作日，

she left her purse alone for just a few minutes — 她把钱包独自放在一边，就几分钟时间——

and someone stole her wallet, with all her cash, 结果她的钱包就被偷了，里面有她所有的现金、

cards, and personal information inside. 银行卡和个人信息。

But Jill was ready. 但吉尔早有准备。

At home, she kept a list of everything in her wallet, 在家，她列了一张清单，上面有她钱包里所有的东西，

with photocopies of every card, 还有每张卡的复印件，

so she knew exactly what was gone. 所以她清楚地知道什么不见了。

Within the hour, she called her credit card companies 不到一个小时，她就打电话给她的信用卡公司，

and canceled every card — 注销了所有的卡——

only to learn the thief had already spent over a thousand dollars at 结果却得知小偷已经在

the mall. 商场花了超过一千美元。

Then she alerted the credit bureaus, 接着她通知了信用机构，

which froze her accounts so no new ones could be opened in her 信用机构冻结了她的账户，这样就没有人能以她的

name. 名义开立新账户。

And that is what caught the thief. 而这正是抓住小偷的关键。

Days later, the fake "Jill" tried to open new accounts 几天后，那个冒充“吉尔”的人试图开立新账户，

and order internet service in another town — 并在另一个城镇订购网络服务——

and was stopped each time. 但每次都被阻止了。

The police traced the calls and arrested her, recovering the wallet and the stolen goods. 警方追踪了电话并逮捕了她，找回了钱包和被盗物品。

Identity theft can happen to anyone. 身份盗窃可能发生在任何人身上。

But Jill's calm, quick action turned a disaster into a story with a 但吉尔冷静、迅速的行动将一场灾难变成了一个有

happy ending — 幸福结局的故事——

and it all began with a list she had made long 而这一切都始于她很久以前就列好的一张清单，

before she ever needed it. 远在她需要它之前。