Are You a Victim of Identity Theft?
Identity theft is a huge problem in the United States, and it is a crime that is growing rapidly each and every day. How can you tell if you are a victim of identity theft? What are the signs?
The best way to find out if you have been a victim of identity theft is to [...]
Identity Theft Statistics
We thought we would provide you with some rather eye-opening statistics. Further proof why you need to highly consider ID theft protection.
There were over 48 Million identity records lost or stolen last year. Some notable heists include:
40 million credit card numbers stolen from Cardsystems
3.9 million financial records lots by CitiFinancial
150,000 records of individuals sold to [...]
Arizona Leads the Nation in Identity Theft
Recent figures from the Federal Trade Commission shows that Arizona leads the United States in cases of identity theft. The figures are for the year 2006 and go on to show a state-by-state look at the nation and the rate of identity theft claims.
Arizona tops the list, followed by the District of Columbia, Nevada, California [...]
Proposal for New Social Security Card May Reduce ID Theft
We all should know that the fraudulent use of social security cards is a major reason behind ID Theft. We have previously written about this occurrence and now there are lawmakers hoping to curb identity theft through new Social Security cards.
Two Illinois congressmen, US Representative Mark Kirk (R-IL) and US Representative Peter Roskam (R-IL) are [...]
Types of Identity Theft
There are four types of identity theft and are as follows:
Financial identity theft
Criminal identity theft
Identity cloning
Business/commercial identity theft
Financial identity theft is probably what you think of when you think of idenity theft and is the focus of this post. The classic example of this type of identity theft is when a criminal pretends to be [...]