Identity Theft

Identity theft, also called identity fraud, occurs when somebody steals another person's personal information and uses the data for fraudulent purposes, typically for financial gains. Below are articles concerning identity theft with information on preventing identity theft and tips on protection against identity theft. This identity theft prevention and survival guide will help you gain knowledge on how to prevent identity theft from destroying your credit and recover from identity fraud if you are a victim.
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Preventing Identity Theft
The crime of identity theft goes beyond all understanding and can happen to anyone, literally dawning on you as you answer the telephone and attend to a call that announces a collection agency demand for the immediate payment of a past-due order of goods, you never did order!

Woman Chases Down, Helps Nab Her Own Identity Thief
A San Francisco woman recognized another woman at Starbucks as the thief who’d stolen her identity, and chased her around the city with 911 on the phone until police nabbed the criminal.

TJX Identity Thieves get Maxx for Minimum
TJX Companies announced Wednesday that the theft of data about its customers was worse than they had originally thought. The company now believes the thefts go all the way back to 2003.

Enterprise Identity Management
Identity management technologies attempt to simplify the administration of this distributed, overlapping and sometimes contradictory data about the users of an organization's information technology systems.

3 Steps To Fighting Back Against Identity Theft
ID theft is a real threat to everyone, to avoid theft; Deter, Detect, Defend. Here are the steps to fight against identity theft.

Identity Theft - How It Happens and What You Can Do To Prevent It
Identity theft is one of the fastest growing crime trends today, consequences from such crimes lead victims to deal with financial stress and even bankruptcy. Find out how it all happens and what you can do to protect your identity.

How To Avoid Being Ripped Off By Identity Theft Protection Services!
When it comes to Identity Theft Protection & Credit Repair Companies, you'll find there are hundreds upon hundreds of organisations promising to work miracles on your credit report. You'll find both on and offline companies, large organisations and small individual run ones. So its not an easy task to find a company that's right for you and wont cost you the earth!

7 Ways To Prevent Identity Theft
Identity Theft is a rapidly expanding crime in the United States with over 7 million victims between 2007 and 2008. With so many people falling victim to this invisible crime, now is the time to think about what you can do to prevent identity theft from ruining your life..

How To Report Identity Theft In 3 Easy Steps!
If you believe or suspect that you may be becoming a victim of identity theft you must take a set of action steps instantly. The quicker you act, the greater your chances of limiting the damage an identity thief can cause. It only takes a matter of moments for a stolen credit card number to be used to make purchases online.

The Short Identity Theft Prevention Guide
Identity theft is still the number one consumer crime in the United States today! This has led to a huge rise in demand for Identity Theft Prevention services. Here's our short 'DIY' Identity Theft Prevention Guide to help you avoid becoming a victim of identity theft.

How To Avoid Identity Theft From Wi-Fi Hackers
With the ever increasing popularity of wireless internet connections, individuals are now often connecting to unsecured Wi-Fi networks to surf the net instead of paying for their own accounts. Here's how to avoid identity theft from Wi-Fi hackers..

Protecting Yourself Against Identity Theft - And How To Fight Back, Part Two
It's a crime that affects more than nine million people each year – but the average person is NOT defenseless. Learn how to recognize signs of identity theft with this guide – and find out how to fight back. Second in a two-part series.

Protecting Yourself Against Identity Theft - And How To Fight Back, Part One
It’s a crime that affects more than nine million people each year - but the average person is NOT defenseless. Learn how to recognize signs of identity theft with this guide - and find out how to fight back. First in a two-part series.

The Importance Of Information Security
Consumers are becoming more and more weary about giving out their sensitive information, which is why, believe it or not, information security is actually for the greater good.

Identity Thieves are Lurking
Identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes in the United States. Identity theft is a difficult crime to proceed with prosecution because the criminals are typically internationally based. Here is an overview of what you must do if you think you have become a victim of identity theft.

Will Face Recognition Software Ever Match the Human Brain?
New biometric technology is making identity theft more difficult everyday. Although face recognition software is amazingly accurate, it could still learn a few things from the human mind.

How Identity Theft Can Affect You
Here are some ways that you might be affected by identity theft as well as a few ideas on how you can prevent it from happening to you.

How to protect yourself from identity theft
Identity theft or fraud is a growing problem. Falling victim to this crime can damage your credit rating and finances. Learn how to protect yourself from id fraud and protect yourself from losing your good name.

How to Survive Identity Theft
Has your identity been stolen? This article can help you with the things you must do after identity theft has occurred.

How To Protect Your Identity From Theft
Identity theft has become a significant problem and it is crucial that you understand what identity theft is and how to protect your identity from thieves.

Identity Theft, Are You A Victim? Take Actions Immediately
f you have been the victim of identity theft and you are deeply in debt to creditors you never contacted, you will not be held responsible for the charges - but you will have to prove that you have been the victim of identity theft, which is tricky since the thieves are using your name and claiming to be you. Taking any or all of the following action can help save you form this frustrating experience

5 Tips for Identity Theft-Proofing Your Business
Protecting your business from identity theft can go a long way in preserving its image.

US Authorities Net 'top Spammer'
A 27-year-old Seattle man is accused of a series of federal crimes including mail fraud and identity theft.

Less Than 1% Of Identity Thieves Are Prosecuted…What Are The Chances Of Beating A Ring Of Scammers
The ink on recent headlines is still wet and not yet dry announcing the hacking loss of thousands of credit card information records from T.J. Maxx and Marshall’s. As featured on a recent Dateline NBC expose’ by Brian Hansen the identity thieves do not require the actual card, just the information.

Willie Sutton Is Now Back Not As A Bank Robber But As A Modern Day Identity Thief
Willie Sutton was one of the more prominent bank robbers in American history. During his long career he had robbed close to 100 banks from the late 1920s to 1952. He was known as "Slick Willie" or "The Actor". As a master of disguise the FBI files show that Sutton disguised himself as a mailman, policeman, telegraph messenger, maintenance man and a host of other disguises.

Smart Ways to Thwart Identity Thieves
This day in age there are identity thieves all over the place. Luckily we can stop them by following these simple steps to ensure proper document security.

Identity Theft - What You Need To Know
Identity theft can cause major financial and emotional damages. Start protecting yourself now.

Internet Identity Theft Prevention
The internet gives you access to a broad variety of services. One might say that internet makes life easy. But like in real life there is also a dark side of the internet and that is internet identity theft. It is more than ever necessary to hide you computer from people who cave bad intentions with the data they might find on your harddisk...

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Be careful who you're stealing from..

The Perfect Christmas Gift…For Identity Thieves
We depend on it everyday especially during this time of year. Since it is such a normal part of life its easy to take it for granted. Identity thieves don't.

5 Tips For Identity Theft Protection
We live in a digital and information age which is why now more than ever its vital that you watch out for the cyber grifters online and off.

Identity theft or the plague of modern society
There is a modern plague affecting millions of Americans each year - identity theft ! Personal information is easier to obtain than ever, and many fall victims to ID theft, the best solution often being the use of paper shredders. Learn how to prevent your identity from being stolen and abused.

Identity Theft: Help Get My Life Back
Learn key tips on fighting the war against identity theft...

Five Steps to Safe Online Shopping
Preventing Identity theft in five simple steps...

Identity Theft: Phishing in Dangerous Water
Identity thieves have a new online weapon and its spreading.

Identity Theft: The G.I. Blues
The men and women of the US military distinguish themselves with great honor in the protection of our country. Is anyone protecting them from identity theft?

The Jury Scam - A New Twist on Identity Fraud
Most of us take summonses for jury duty seriously, but enough people skip out on their civic duty that a new ominous scam has surfaced in the last several years. This new "jury duty" scam is the latest in a series of identity theft "phishing schemes". Fall for it, and whammo, your identity has been stolen.

Credit Reports and Identity Theft
As incidents of identity theft increase both online and offline, it has become important for consumers to be on their guard when it comes to credit card transactions. The widespread internet online market has made personal information available to hackers and other white collar criminals who poach on other peoples’ identities for various purposes.

Do You Know an Identity Thief?
Of course its not possible to know who's going to steal your identity otherwise it wouldn't be an epidemic. However people in your life may be exhibiting some symptoms.

US Troops at Risk From Civil Servant's Stolen Laptop
Four out of five serving US military personnel are at heightened risk of identity theft, and possibly worse, after a laptop containing their personal data was stolen from a government employee's home.

Hosting Service Providers and Identity Theft
Learn how much protection your web hosting service should give you from identity theft.

Prevent identity theft
When your personal data gets in the wrong hands, you can expect the worse. Identity theft is a huge problem that affects thousands of Americans each week. Rather than fighting to reduce the damage, you should think ahead and prevent identity theft before it costs you money, time and energy.

Identity Theft Surge Likely to Create Multiple Employment Opportunities in IT Security
A recent survey conducted by the United States Department of Justice indicates that identity theft is indeed on the rise...

This Christmas time could see a rise in online fraud
Identity theft is a terrible scourge of online shopping. Try to keep your details secret this Christmas.

Are you a victim of identity theft?
The scale of identity theft has been recently analyzed in a federal report and the general results were worrying. The report states that lately, one out of four American homes is targeted by identity theft. One answer to this problem is the new June 2005 FACTA Law (Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act) which brings new regulations concerning identity theft.

Identity Theft: It Won't Happen To Me.
Think Identity Theft doesn’t affect you?

Identity Theft: Count the ways
What makes identity theft such an epidemic? The all too many ways it gets perpetrated.

Identity Theft Recovery: The Road Back
Safeguarding against Identity Theft is all well and good but what do you do if you become a victim?

Go Phish - Protect Your Identity
Using 'spoofed' e-mails and fraudulent websites, phishing attacks attempt to fool recipients into handing over personal and financial information. This article shares tips to avoid falling prey to this type of scam.

Identity Theft: Oh No. Not Them
What makes identity theft a major epidemic? It's not just an identity gets stolen but WHO is doing the stealing.

Identity Theft: They Got Him
Identity theft isn't just a bunch of statistics on a piece of paper. It's real people whose lives have been affected.

Knowing me, knowing you: why ID protection plans are flawed for fraud.
Why there’s no substitute for common sense when it comes to protection from identity theft.

Identity Theft - 10 Simple Ways to Protect Your Good Name
Make sure you don't become a victim of Identity Theft by following these 10 simple steps.

College Campuses: Breeding Grounds for Identity Theft
This article discusses identity theft on college campuses and how to prevent it.

Simple Identity Theft Prevention
Simple tips to prevent identity theft both on off and online.

Workplace Identity Theft: The Threat From Within
This article discusses identity theft in the workplace and how to prevent it.

Katharine Viner: They Stole My Name
Identity theft is Britain's fastest growing fraud and its victims, not the banks, pay the price. Identity theft is Britain's fastest-growing fraud. It's booming - 55% up in the last year - and even outstrips the parallel boom in credit.