Identity theft is a crime wherein some other person gets hold and uses another individual's personal data for a fraudulent purpose

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Disregard guns and violence. Being a crook these days is simply a matter of
acquiring the correct information without being found out and then using it to their
advantage. For example by runing up credit card debt to name but one - this is how the
identity theft process works.
Identity theft is a crime wherein some other person gets hold and uses another
individual's personal data for a fraudulent purpose. However the main purpose of
identity theft is for acquiring money and finances to avail of goods or services.
Personal information can be stolen names, birth dates, social security number
and driver’s license number. Theives can assume your financial identity by gaining
access to your credit card, bank account and phone-card numbers.
quot;It is important to note that your personal information
allows thieves to benefit at your expense.quot;
This is in contrast, for example to your fingerprints that cannot be easily copied or
stolen. In a good deal of cases, victims are not aware that their identity has been stolen
until perhaps months or years later.
The aftermath of being a victim of identity theft are also devastating. You'll be
confronted with the need to shut down bad credit accounts, attempting to repair them or
open new ones.
While doing all of these things you also need enough money to try and pay off debits
accumulated.
Other problems that occur are that until you have cleared you name and debt, you can
be denied jobs, loans, education, housing, and transportation.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation, have said that identity theft is one of the
fastest growing crimes in the US alone. The fact that that there is an increasing
number of people reporting cases of identity theft can bear witness to the conclusion
made by the FBI.
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Statistics show that in 2002, 10 million people were victims of this crime. Not only
this an approximated 27.3 million Americans have been victims of the different types of
identity theft in the course of the past 5 years.
Financial and business establishments are not safe from this crime. Billions of
dollars worth of losses have also been recored which can be directly related to
identity theft.
Identity theft is now the second most reported crime to the federal government.
One can conclude that this crime is becoming more and more widespread. Preventing
identity theft takes two things - education and being alert of emails/websites trying to
defraud you.
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