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Identity Theft

Detailed guides for victims, current laws, media resources, and reference library on indenty theft.



Becoming a major epidemic, Identity Theft occurs when a criminal uses another person's personal information to take on that person's identity. Identity theft includes the misuse of a Social Security number, credit cards, mail fraud, scam, schemes, frauds, or any other form of misuse or abuse of a victim’s identity.
Identity theft occurs more frequently than you would like to believe - and is committed frequently by someone you know.
Thieves steal your personal information and use it to open credit accounts, bank accounts, telephone service accounts, and make major purchases in your name.

Identity Theft - The one most important thing you can do to protect yourself!

Identity theft is when some unscrupulous people try to get some information from you such as your social security number and other pertinent personal and financial data.
Spoof emails (sometimes also called "Phishing") are emails that pretend to be from a company or bank. The most common often come from eBay, PayPal, Barclays Bank etc.

Fighting Identity Theft

Identity theft is a growing concern today. There are many ways that people can steal your identity and use your good name for their personal gain. Unfortunately, many of them get away without any repercussions. And they leave you to foot the bill!
Identity theft fraud in America has reached epidemic proportions having surpassed 27 million cases and increasing every year.
It is almost impossible to detect key logger on your computer and even if you're careful you'll never know if it is recording information such as bank account passwords and credit card numbers.


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