Maxwell Maltz, Author

Vacation is supposed to be fun, so the last thing you should be worried about is identity theft, right? Wrong! In fact, the only time my mother-in-law had ever been the victim of identity theft is when someone from a tourist store stole her credit card information. She remembered it happening because they took a "carbon" of her card and gave her a shady excuse when she asked why. Sure enough, a few days later she had fraudulent charges on that card. Turns out the store employees had been doing that to out-of-towners for quite a while. If you want to stay safe from identity theft when you travel, here are some things to consider: Preventing Identity Theft When You Travel