According to Kerskie, anyone renting a car is just as much at risk of identity theft since many vehicles now enable the driver to connect his or her smartphone to it via Bluetooth technology.
Kerskie said that before turning in a rental car, all personal data stored on it should be removed. Once turned in, she cautioned, there is no way to retrieve personal contacts stored in a rental car.
The most important advice Kerskie had for her audience was the easiest to follow—when a scammer calls, just hang up.
“You don’t have to be nice to these people,” she said.