Created and designed by Mark Fullbright, Certified Identity Theft Risk Management Specialist™ (CITRMS) as a free service for consumers to protect themselves online and reduce their exposure to identity theft. Stay Safe, Stay Secure • Company names mentioned herein are the property of, and may be trademarks of, their respective owners and are for educational purposes only.

1. Protecting your identity online
Pseudo Identity

2. Go Pseudo!

3. Advocate Tip
 Creating an pseudonym for online surfing is the
safest way to remain anonymous to website
tracking, online marketing, data brokers and
identity thieves.
 Don’t be fooled by Social Media websites that
claim to not track or store your identity. They all
do!
 Remember your ‘real’ identity is a commodity to
these data stealers. They make huge profits from
selling your information to marketers and put you
at risk for identity theft.

4. Create your Pseudo
 Before you set up your accounts, think about what
you want to create;
 Name:
 User Name:
 Gender:
 Age: Location, State, City:
 Caricature
 Make sure you don’t use someone else's real identity to
impersonate or commit crimes. That is illegal!

5. Pseudo - Emails
 Gmail
 Inbox
 Live
 AOL
 Mail.com
 GMX
 Yahoo
 Keep it easy to remember and
try to use some of the social
media account its linked to.
Examples:
F@cB00k4u@gmail.com
@_0_L@AOL.com
 Exchange letters for characters,
example: identity (!d@nt!ty).
 Use: !=i, @=a,$=s etc.
 Don’t forget to underscore_
 Have a few extra ready as
backup. You never know when
you’ll need to replace one. Be
prepared!

6. Pseudo – Social Media
 Facebook
 MySpace
 Twitter
 YouTube

7. Pseudo – Online Records
 Using Pseudonyms online will eventually create
online records in search engines like:
 White Pages
 Google Search
 This is the purpose of going Pseudo! It’s better
they gather information about a fake identity, than
your real information.
 Periodicity search for your Pseudo name to see
how far it’s grown in popularity with the online
aggregators.
 Use Google Alerts to follow your Pseudo Identity

8. Resources
 Slideshare.net
≈ A Guide to Safe Surfing on the Internet
≈ Check Your Privacy Settings
≈ Remove Your Personal Information from Public
Websites
≈ Secure Social Media
≈ Specialty Credit Reports

9. Company names mentioned herein are the property of, and
may be trademarks of, their respective owners and are for
educational purposes only.
This document is not an endorsement of any of the products
mentioned.
I do not condone the use of using Pseudonyms for the
purpose of committing fraud and/or identity theft. If you
Catfish you will be caught!
I have not received any payment or compensation for
mentioning any products in this document.

10. Privacy in the news..
 Major Internet Security Flaw Exposes Millions Of
Usernames, Passwords
 Yahoo fixes Flickr invitation bug that leaked real
names and email addresses
 Data Brokers Sell Information About Rape
Survivors, Alcoholics, Mentally Ill People, And
More
 Social media sites hacked, information stolen
 The Data Brokers: Selling your personal
information

11. Stay Safe, Stay Secure
Created and designed by Mark Fullbright , Certified
Identity Theft Risk Management Specialist™ (CITRMS) as a
free service for consumers to protect themselves online and
reduce their exposure to identity theft
Updated
05/25/2014