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No that's a question that should let us know that identity theft is not about your credit. Why would someone steal the identities of....welfare recipients?

Yes even poor broke and on welfare does not make you safe. So the Department of Social and Family Affairs in Ireland has learned. 380,000 recipients of welfare in Ireland had their identities stolen a year ago. Well of course we can assume if these… Continue

Well 11 people from five different countries have been indicted on identity theft charges. Authorities are calling it the largest and most complex case they have handled. This shows that authorities are developing something that the criminals have had for a while, a spirit of cooperation. One of the biggest impediments to investigating and prosecuting identity theft is the fact that it crosses borders, state and international bord… Continue

I'm sure many of us have heard that name. Mrs Shaivo was the focus of an all out media and legal war that pointed out the need for us to look beyond wills to the importance of a living will. As Mrs Shaivo lay in a vegetative state her husband and parents began a squabble that reached all the way to the White House. Mr Shaivo felt like his wife had no hope of recovery and wanted to have her feeding tube removed, while Mrs Shaivo's parents believed that she was responsive and did not want her life… Continue

I'm not a rapper or a poet but I just couldn't resist trying my hand at it. In honor of DMX's (real name Earl Simmons) recent indictment for identity theft I thought I'd try my hand at writing a rap. Yes I know it stinks! But I am a Certified Identity Theft Risk Management Specialist, remember anyone can be a thief or a victim.


Don't feel too good yes I'm really sick
Gotta do something pretty quick
Gonna see the doc let him fix me up
Now he's goi… Continue

There was a time when identity theft was a game. To tell the Truth is an old game show in which three contestants all introduced themselves as the same person. They then tried to fool a celebrity panel into making incorrect guesses on who was really the real McCoy. It was a game show that people tuned into religiously. The contestants were rewarded for each wrong guess so you could say that there was an incentive to "Steal the identity".

Now things are different. And one of us could find our id… Continue