Archive for January, 2010

There are several steps that you will need to take if you feel you are a victim of identity theft. One is immediately call your creditors and tell them. This way you will have a way to fight charges that are made under your name. You should also file an identity theft alert with the [...]

You’ve heard of it before most likely but are you really sure what identity theft is? It’s when someone besides you gets a hold of personal information and uses it without your knowledge. They may use your social security number to get credit cards established for them. Or they can use a credit card to [...]

After you’ve had identity theft done to you, you may wonder what that thief will be doing with your information. There are many reasons why people seek to steal others information if only to make a better life for themselves at your cost. Because of this crime, you should consider using an identity protection plan [...]

Identity theft is a cold and callous crime, which affects millions of Americans year on year. It is far from being a white collar crime, nor is it a crime that only affects those with millions of dollars in savings. Far from it! In fact those most likely to be victims are just regular folk. [...]

Simply put, identity theft occurs when someone other than you uses your personal information. In almost all cases, this information will be used to commit fraud and other crimes.
A form of fraud, by sheer definition, identity thieves often use this information to create bank accounts, obtain credit cards and secure mobile phone contracts. With such [...]