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by Frank W. Abagnale
Stealing Your Life is more frightening than a gory murder mystery. Any one of us, from cradle to grave, is vulnerable to a swindle that can wreck us emotionally, cost us serious money, ruin our credit ratings, and take us years to straighten out. Identity theft is here to stay, and as long as legislators, businesses, law enforcement agencies, and individuals fail to take it seriously, the number of victims will continue to climb.
For thirty-two years, the author has been a law-abiding citizen; his criminal past, famously recounted in the book and film "Catch Me If You Can," is a distant memory. However, he knows how crooks think, and this knowledge has led to a lucrative career as a consultant for the FBI and corporations all over the world in preventing frauds and scams. Abagnale is horrified at how easy and tempting identity theft is for the budding criminal. He calls it "a crook's dream come true."
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Identity Theft Solution - A Three-Way Street
An effective identity theft solution can't only be the work of a single entity.
You can take all the precautions necessary, for example, but if your bank does not set up a proactive identity theft solution, then your precautions may fail.
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Every identity theft solution, therefore, should be the result of cooperation among the consumer, industry, and the government:
Identity Theft Solution - Consumer Practices
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You have several identity theft solution options, but they all have to do with either of two things: your computing habits or with the way you transmit and receive personal information.
Computing identity theft solution (i.e., Data storage, Web surfing, etc.)
Info transmitting/receiving identity theft solution
Identity Theft Solution - Industry Practices
Don't think that you can't control industry practices. As a consumer, you can because you always have the right to take your business elsewhere. You also have the capacity to let OTHER consumers know how dissatisfied you are with the service.
In summer of 2005, the American credit industry set up strict new identity theft solution measures in place. The aim was to create a more secure client information database that would be free from cyber-tampering.
Banks and credit companies have also began writing their clients, explaining each new identity theft safeguard they implement and alerting consumers if their data has been compromised.
Identity Theft Solution - Government Practices
As far as managing your personal data in government records goes, states and federal databases have redacted your sensitive information long ago. Some states have even limited the amount of data you can access online.
Stricter identity theft solution practices have probably set e-government in America a few years back compared to countries like Singapore, for example, but considering the dangers of the alternative, not many people are complaining.
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Index of Articles about Indentity Theft
What Other Authors say about Indentify Theft
Internet Identity Theft - What to Do in a Catch 22
by Carl LaFresnaye
Internet identity theft has claimed 2 million adult American victims within a recent 12-month period. Among this number, 70% used the Internet to transact business with their banks or pay bills. More than... No mater the type of identity theft, the object of the thief will always be to impersonate you by using your personal data and identifying documents to steal your money and resources, leaving you with... Identity theft and fraud has claimed over nine million victims in America within a recent 12-month period. Out of this number, most of the victims (85%) discovered they were victimized in a negative manner... If identity theft statistics tell us anything, it's that the more technology advances, the easier it becomes for identity thieves to wreak havoc. In California, for instance, the hotbed for counterfeiting... I receive a demand for overdue payments on a credit card I never had. What does it mean? It could mean identity theft. Someone somewhere has been using my identity to run up bills. Identity theft would... Credit identity theft can be done in either of two ways: through a credit card or a credit line or account. An identity thief may counterfeit your card, or use your account number at a vendor website,... Commercial identity theft can refer to any of three things. It can involve the thief accessing a firm's credit account. It can also mean the identity thief targeting all the employees in an organization.... That is what identity theft is, according to the FBI. But simplest definition of identity theft is when someone steals your name and personal data to commit fraud, often for financial gain. The most common... Identity Theft is one of the leading crimes around the globe that is claiming the lives of millions each year. Every day a new victim finds them self fighting for their life back, while the law is moving... Preventing identity theft has been successful, not only because of public vigilance, but also because of government measures. Based on Federal Trade Commission statistics, the growth of identity theft... Reading articles on identity theft may not sound appealing to you, but if you think that you are not subject to becoming the next target then you are fooling your self and setting your self up as an easy... |
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