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281. What's the Department of Justice Doing About Identity Theft and Fraud?
August 07, 2013
The Department of Justice prosecutes cases of identity theft and fraud under a variety of federal statutes. In the fall of 1998, for example, Congress passed the Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act . This legislation created a new offense of identity theft, which prohibits "knowingly tran...
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282. What are the Most Common Ways to Commit Identity Theft or Fraud?
August 07, 2013
Many people in today's world do not know how easy it is for criminals to obtain our personal information without ever having to gain entry into our homes. In public places, criminals may do something called "shoulder surfing", that is watching you from a nearby place as you punch in your credit car...
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283. What Are Identity Theft And Identity Fraud?
August 07, 2013
What is Identity Theft? Identity theft refers to the preparatory stage of acquiring and collecting someone else's personal information for criminal purposes. As of January 8, 2010, Senate Bill S-4 became law, making it illegal to possess another person's identity information for criminal purposes....
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284. Indications Your Identity May Have Been Stolen
August 07, 2013
dentity theft is a serious concern among consumers here in the United States. The crime has led to the distortion of the financial lives of millions of victims over the years. Identity theft is a chart topper, for the 13th year in a row identity theft topped the Federal Trade Commission’s complaint ...
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285. Victim Of Identity Theft?
August 07, 2013
Steps To Take When Your Identity Has Been Stolen Step 1: File a Police Report Where To File First Choice - File a police report where the crime occurred. The case is more likely to be investigated where the crime took place. Example: If your credit card number was used at a business in Cha...
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286. Consumer Identity Theft
August 06, 2013
Identity (ID) theft is serious. It occurs when someone steals your personal information to commit a crime. While you can't entirely control whether you will become a victim there are ways to minimize the risk. Guard Your Personal Information
Never give personal information by phone, In...
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287. Identity Theft Or The Plague Of Modern Society
August 06, 2013
Identity theft is undoubtedly a major problem of our modern times, especially in areas where technology is used consistently, hence there's a higher opportunity for identity thefts. Recent surveys show that in the United States only, $57 billion have been stolen this year, which is a $6 billion inc...
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288. How Identity Theft Affects Your Taxes?
August 06, 2013
Identity theft occurs when someone obtains your personal or financial information, such as a social security number or credit card number, and fraudulently uses it without your permission. Signs that your tax records were affected by identity theft Taxpayers may be a victim of identity theft that...
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289. Synthetic Identity Fraud
August 06, 2013
Synthetic identity fraud is a method of identity theft in which criminals alter personal information for the purposes of gaining access to a consumer's credit card or banking information. Criminals commit synthetic identity fraud by altering some aspect of a consumer's information. For example, a ...
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290. Identity Cloning And Concealment
August 06, 2013
Identity cloning and concealment occurs when someone takes the identity of someone else in a bid to conceal their personal identity. The person may want to conceal their identity in a bid to take advantage of an opportunity, which naturally may not be applicable to them. The use of identity cloning...
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