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Identity Theft
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Identity Theft
WHAT IDENTITY THEFT IS Identity theft happens when somebody gets yourpersonal information
like name, address, Social Security Number, date of birth and other personal information
and uses it without your approval to make fraud or any other crime.
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WHAT HAPPENS TO THE VICTIMS OF IDENTITY THEFT
THE THIEVES can make the following illegal actions making their victims to be in serious
problems..
They buy things with your credit and or debitcards, they can do in person or by the
internet.
They can Counterfeit checks in your name.
They can get a credit card, using your name, AND they do not pay to the bank.
Open a checking account in your name
Ask for a loan, in your name.
And make a lot of frauds and crimes in your name.
WAYS BY WHICH SOMEONE CUOLD STEAL YOUR IDENTITY
GATHERING PHISICAL DOCUMENTS
STEALING YOUR POSTAL CORRESPONDENCEcontaining bank statements, tax information,
phonecompaniy letters.. |
STEALING YOUR WALLET
They steal wallets containing identification, bank cards,your phone number.and phone
numbers of your friends and relatives. They steal mail, including bank and credit card
statements, pre-approved credit offers, new checks, or tax informa
STEALING YOUR PERSONAL DATA FROM AN INSTITUTION.LIKE A BANK, STORE, MEDICAL ORGANIZATION,
GOVERMENT OFFICES,SPORT CLUB,SCHOOL ETC. ETC. DOING IT PERSONALY WITH OR WITHOUT THEHELP
OF SOMEONE THAT WORKS IN THE ORGANIZATION.
BY THE INTERNETGETTING YOUR PERSONAL DATA BY HACKING INTO THEORGANIZAATION COMPUTERS.
HACKING YOUR PC Sending you a trojan or some other malicious program or spyware to obtain
from your pc information related to your bank accounts,Social Security Number, date of
birth and even your bank passwords.
SENDING YOU A PHISHING EMAIL
Criminal send a PHISHING e-mail which seems to come from a bank and invite to unsuspecting
usersto click on a link and go to update their personalinformation. they click and go to a
site that isvery similar to that of the bank, but in fact theygo to a false site which
belongs to the criminalsand the user is asked to give his, her user name, passord,name and
numbers of accounts.
BANKS ARE RECOMENDING TO USERS TO TYPE THEBANK'S URL OF THE BANK SITE, AND AVOID
GOINGTHERE BY A LINK.
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SENDING YOU AN E-MAIL
Inviting you to visit an internet store where theypresent very atractive goods, one of
which you want to buy and give them a lot of personal information like credit card number,
name. date of birth, address. they keep all your informationand then they tell you that
the good you wantto buy is not available any more.
They can also invite you to visit a site on the web, and ask you to register, and ask you
a lotof information. they invite you to read a privacy policy where they say that your
informationwill not be shared with any one, but no one has anygarantee of that.
You can visit the folloing web sites to know moreabout
IDENTITY THEFT, AND LEARN MORE ABOUTHOW IT IS MADE, AND HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF.
http://antivirus.about.com/cs/allabout/a/citiphish.htm?terms=phishing
http://www.newsfactor.com/news/Sunbelt-Discovers-Major-
ID-Theft-Ring/story.xhtml?story_id=020001Y4U2A4
http://www.idtheftcenter.org/index.shtml
http://www.consumer.gov/idtheft/
http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=37545
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