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How to Protect Yourself from Identity Theft In-Person
REGISTRATION BEGINS APRIL 7. Learn about "I.D. Theft" from a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®), and a member of the Cleveland Estate Planning Council. Benjamin Simerly, CFP®, is experienced in financial planning, retirement planning, tax planning, estate planning, and investment management. The speaker will discuss specific ways thieves steal your identity, actual theft cases from the financial industry, and ways thieves access your financial accounts and private information. Most importantly, Ben will discuss ways to protect yourself from scammers, including phishing scams, scam text messages, "Nigerian Princes," Bitcoin scams, and more. Ben will also discuss newer AI-based scams and ways they make it even more important to be vigilant with your financial and private information. Ben will answer your questions about scams, fraud, ID Theft, AI scams, texting scams, financial scams, and more.
- Date:
- Tuesday, April 21, 2026
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 3:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- James R. Garfield Room
- Branch:
- Main
- Audience:
- Adults
- Categories:
- Lifelong Learning
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