Identity Theft: The Invisible Crime

Identity Theft
The Invisible Crime
According to the Federal Trade Commission, The 1990's spawned a new variety of crooks called identity thieves. Their stock in trade? Your everyday transactions, which usually reveal bits of your personal information: your bank and credit card account numbers; your income; your Social Security number (SSN); or your name, address, and phone numbers. An identity thief obtains some piece of your sensitive information and uses it without your knowledge to commit fraud or theft. (http://www.ftc.gov/).
Victims of identity theft usually do not even know that the…