Identity Theft Questionnaire
Personal Information:
Name: _____________________________
Age: _____________________________
Gender: _____________________________
Occupation : _____________________________
This questionnaire contains general interest questions on Identity theft as an
offence.
Introducing the term:
Identity theft is a crime of obtaining someone’s personal information for
illegal use. It can occur when someone gets access to your bank account
details, credit cards as well as personal details includes name, phone
number, ID’s of different social media accounts, date of birth, etc.
Questions :
1. Were you previously known about this term identity theft as an
offence?
a) Yes
b) No
2. According to you, which of these is correct about identity theft?
a) It can be done via internet only.
b) It can be done through physical form of details only.
c) Both.
3. What type of identity theft are you aware of?
a) Compromise of personal information.
b) Without permission usage of someone else’s social media
account.
c) Fraudulent charges on debit and credit cards.
d) Loan taken out falsely in your name.
e) Medical fraud.
f) Tax refund taken out falsely in your name.
g) All of the above.
4. Do you know that there is a separate punishment for Identity Theft ?
a) Yes
b) No
5. You use internet for the purpose/purposes :
a) To handle social media accounts
b) For online purchase.
c) Use E-mails only, for work purpose.
d) Only a & c.
e) All of the above.
6. Do you use e-wallet ? If yes, then do you save your card details to your
e-wallet?
a) Yes
b) No
7. Do you use third party app (which doesn’t downloaded from genuine
sources such as play store ) ? If yes, the do you save your credentials
to that application?
a) Yes
b) No
8. Do you grant special permissions even to those apps where it is not
mandatory to run ?
a) Yes
b) No
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9. Do you use open public Wi-Fi? If yes, then are you aware that this will
share few or all of your data to that Wi-Fi owner?
a) Yes
b) No
10. Which type of safety measures do you take while purchasing
online ?
a) Make sure that there is a lock on the website URL.
b) Never save card information.
c) Strong password to the app.
d) All.
11. Is it needed to protect the identity (i.e. personal information)
offline?
a) Yes.
b) No.
11.In case of financial identity theft (i.e. unauthorized access of bank
account or credit card details) , where would you go first ?
c) Bank of the respective account.
d) Nearest Police Station.
e) Any of the above which is nearest.
12. Do you think Credit card receipts, bank statements, postal
address, etc. can all provides fraudsters with useful information for
committing an identity theft ?
a) True
b) False
11.Second-hand computers, media drives, mobile phones, etc. are safe from
identity theft if the owner has deleted all personal information from such
devices ?
c) True
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d) False
12. How often should a person check his/her bank account details such as
passbook?
a) Once a month.
b) Every six months.
c) Once a year.
13. Do you use similar passwords for multiple accounts?
a) Yes.
b) No.
14. Have you become suspicious of someone trying to get your personal
information?
a) Yes.
b) No.
15. According to you, maximum identity theft succeeds because the person
doing such offence is someone known to you? Or, major identity theft is
committed around by the knowns?
a) Strongly Agree
b) Agree
c) Neutral
d) Disagree
e) Strongly Disagree.
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16. Which of the following is a recommended step that individual should
take to protect themselves from identity theft?
a) Use password that are at least eight characters long .
b) Create unique answers for security question.
c) Limit sharing of personal information on social media.
d) All of the above.
17. The biggest risk of identity theft is through online ?
a) Strongly agree
b) Agree
c) Neutral
d) Disagree
e) Strongly Disagree
19. Have you or someone you know been the victim of identity theft?
a) Yes
b) No
20. According to you, Identity theft could be prevented if,
a) If one is active towards the details they share online.
b) Only when Government increases the punishment.
c) None could stop the thieves/fraudsters from committing the offence.
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Thank you for taking the time to answer these questions.
