http://www.identitytheftplus.com/2009/11/15/when-did-fraud-start-becoming-identity-theft-and-why/ Protect Yourself Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:50:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.identitytheftplus.com/2009/11/15/when-did-fraud-start-becoming-identity-theft-and-why/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Randall Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:05:44 +0000 http://www.identitytheftplus.com/2009/11/15/when-did-fraud-start-becoming-identity-theft-and-why/#comment-105 Identity theft means that someone has stolen someone other's identity to pretend to be someone else. It can include stealing social security numbers to obtain credit or stealing the whole identity(identity cloning) to commit a crime. Banking card companies have a set of information they can use to verify that the person they are currently serving is the one he claims to be. This information can be obtained illegally and this is why this is called identity theft. Identity theft means that someone has stolen someone other’s identity to pretend to be someone else. It can include stealing social security numbers to obtain credit or stealing the whole identity(identity cloning) to commit a crime.
Banking card companies have a set of information they can use to verify that the person they are currently serving is the one he claims to be. This information can be obtained illegally and this is why this is called identity theft.

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