What Is Identity Theft

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What Is Identity Theft?

What is identity theft, and what does is mean to the average person?

One of the most disturbing facts about identity theft is that each year, over 12 million US citizens are victims of this crime. But what exactly is identity theft? This is when someone uses the personal information of another including their name, Social Security number, credit card numbers, etc. to assume the identity of that person, and commit a crime or a fraud. Stealing an identity is not at all difficult, and can occur when you are not at all expecting it. The instances of such crimes have increased in the last couple of years, and now this is a very big problem. As much as 10% of Americans are at risk of being a victimized by identity theft.
What is Identity Theft costing the U.S.?

In 2010, the total losses due to identity theft were believed to be around $37 billion. However, this is just the tip of some really frightening facts about identity theft.

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