Thwarting Identity
Theft
from Kristyne McDaniel
Lately the number of television commercials for various
identity theft protection products and services has been on the
increase. It seems like everyone has gotten in on the act.
Well, the reason for it is the climb in
the number of crimes being reported. You hear the news reports
and read the stories. There have been many reports of
Identity Theft, Identity Fraud, and related scams, and it is
alarming. But you might be asking, what exactly is an
“Identity”—and how can someone else steal it?
Although we are all unique individuals, and each of us
knows who we are, in this age of computers and the
internet, how do others identify who we are? The answer is the
very root of the problem.
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