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| Identity Theft Basics | Identity Theft Basics: Identity Theft 101
Identity theft is a worldwide problem that continues to
widen its scope every passing month. About 10 million victims per year are getting
affected with Identity theft.
It has been estimated to cost consumers and
businesses more than 50 billion dollars a year. It is easily among the fastest
growing categories of white collar crime.
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| Phishing | Phishing: Identity Theft 101
Phishing is one of the ways in which identity theft is done.
Phishing is a very sneaky type of fraud conducted over the Internet. Its name
is a throw back to the early days of hacking and identity theft.
What is Phishing?
Phishing is a computer based fraud used by criminals for
dishonestly obtaining sensitive information such as passwords and credit card
details. They do this by preten...
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| Commercial Identity Theft |
Commercial Identity Theft: Identity Theft 101
One of the fastest growing crimes in the country is Commercial
Identity Theft and the Internet certainly makes it easier. You might not be
able to prevent commercial identity theft, but you can take steps to make
yourself less vulnerable.
It is clear that, currently the only feasible approach to
resolving the problem of commercial identity theft being used online is
prevention because post loss enforcement and property recovery is difficult due
to the limited number of t...
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| Identity Theft Protection |
Identity Theft Protection: Identity Theft 101
Identity theft opens the door for someone to use your name
while committing crimes and opening accounts among other things. Identity theft
protection is a must in today's society.
With the emergence of new technologies, new markets and new
jobs; thieves have found a new commodity to steal. Your identity is worth a lot
of credit. Victims of identity theft have found it the hard way.
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| Identity Theft Prevention |
Identity Theft Prevention: Identity Theft 101
Approximately 246,000 cases of identity theft were filed
between January, 2004 and December, 2004 - a staggering increase of 52% since
2002. Statistics of victimization by age group revealed that anyone from 18 to
65 is fair game.
Identity Theft Prevention Tips
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