Identity Theft Does Not Effect Everyone: Identity Theft Effects YOU!

Identity Theft: Not a Question of “IF” Rather a Manner of “When”

Identity theft does not discriminate. This serious crime of the decade holds no grudges against age, sex, religion or social status. A sudden attack of identity theft is silent of alarm, leaving very little in trail for the havoc of destruction that once was in order in our daily lives.

Statistically speaking, identity theft accounted for 52.6Billion dollars of losses last year alone according to the 'Financial Crimes Report to the Public' by the FBI, and effecting more than 9.91 million Americans. It is no longer a question of “if” the identity theft crime will occur but rather, “when” identity theft will happen. Unfortunately, it is you that just happened to be the identity thieves target by default.

Identity Theft: Not to be taken So Personally

As personal identity theft reaches the epidemic crisis level, there is an equally dangerous crime lurking on the horizon. As the identity thieves continue to create a lucrative black-market using your information as their product of choice, a ring of more industrious identity thieves professionally target medium to large corporations. By way of a security loophole or flaw aimed at a businesses vulnerable database, the identity thief can unscrupulously gain access then will harvest your personal information. Without warning, the identity thief has left you stripped of your name, address, telephone numbers, social security number, driver license, and any other sensitive information that was stored within that database. Large and small financial corporations are not the only entities that were hit by these illegal black hat hackers. In the past year, government agencies across the globe have been the target for identity theft as well. These illegal harvesters systemically rape you of your individuality of who you are then auction you off to the highest bidder. The impact of the identity theft crime may not be fully known for many months if not years to come.

Identity Theft: Taking Theft to a New Level

Identity thieves continue to create innovative ways to successfully complete their crime of choice. With the combination of a computer, a decent printer and a cheap check writing software program, a thief can adversely affect the unsuspecting businesses payroll accounts. Unlike the professional identity thief that focuses on systematically harvesting your identity from vulnerable databases, the more simplistic identity thief creates a check cashing account using your identity for the purpose of exploiting fraudulent income from a businesses payroll department. Usually the theft is only uncovered when the business undergoes an internal audit or the victim (you as well as the business) has been notified of a tax audit, which could take several months to a couple of years to detect. Unfortunately, it is you that all the documentation will point to and always result in being forced to acquire legal representation at your expense in a court of law.

Identity Theft: More than Just Child's Play

Occurrences of identity theft have soured to new heights last year involving our minor citizens. In most all cases the identity thief has abused your child’s information until it has been destroyed and is unable to acquire credit even with the aid of a co-signer or was not allowed to complete the tasks of getting a drivers license when the child has reached the age of sixteen. The identity thief has left your child with the inability to obtain a college loan, driver’s license, apartment, employment, car, credit card or even worse; the fact that your child could actually spend a few nights in jail while trying to prove their innocence.

Identity Theft: The Burden That Lies Beneath an Already Black Lining

Even though laws have been put into place to aid in protecting you from identity theft, the burden of proof lies upon your shoulders to take the proper actions against the identity thief. The road back to recovery is frustrating and time consuming. Seeking legal help in these manners is usually always inevitable and even then it will not protect you from it happening again. Until legislation at a higher governmental level can adequately create and enforce a feasible system to combat the growing identity theft epidemic, gaining the education to aggressively heighten your awareness on identifying the identity thief in the early stages is your only real defense.

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