Identity thefts are spreading all over the world now. There are more umber of victims and they are from every part of the globe. Identity theft has stroked every field and sector and there is no such single field that have not affected by identity theft. People from every age group and profession have experienced identity theft problems. Even house wives have experienced it which shows that it is not that you get affected by going into public...more
Identity theft is one of the most dangerous things that can happen to your personal and financial data. There are millions of people affected by identity theft crimes almost every year. Those people who are affected by this crime on an average spend thousands of dollars from their pockets along with several hours in bring the theft and cleaning up their credit. Therefore one of the best ways to keep away from identity theft costing you money and...more
Identity theft is becoming a hot topic all over the world now. Every country has been involved in solving identity theft cases. Many counters have introduced many laws regarding penalties for such crimes. Many have modified their justice books for this purpose. It was not such a major problem in past times. But changing times and invention of newer technologies have given rise to criminals who think smarter and have greater ideas to steal something that is very personal to that person. This stealing is called as identity theft.Identity theft is not on stealing your name or anything and pretending to be you, but it is more than that. It is about stealing that is very personal to you and making profits out of it. But now there is very frequently asked question that after any one has noticed that he/she has experienced identity theft, what next? Whom to contact? What steps to take? And what sort of help can be available. Various help optionsMain thing to do is to seek help of provider of the stolen product. If it is credit card, then always call for customer care number and ask for help. You will definitely get all possible help out there. They will block all further transactions...more
Those individual show commit identity theft are always not out to steal your money and ruin your credit as there can be even criminal identity theft. This identity theft mainly occurs when the criminal uses your name on their arrest or when the criminal is being investigated. The personal identity they provide offer the law enforcement officer...more
Identity theft can take place everywhere. When you are not taking good care of your belongings, someone else is ready to do so, on your behalf. These are criminals who steal your identity and use if to profit them. There have been many incidents noticed when people don't even know that some of their private belongings are been stolen. They come to...more
FTC refers to the Federal Trade Commission which is a government organisation that protects the consumer rights. Such government organizations for consumer protection are all over the world and in each country, only names are different. Some call them as FTC; others refer to them as Consumer Courts. These institutions are part of government but are just section of government which works for consumer rights. Identity thefts are been reported to FTC also. Many people do such things of reporting their identity theft cases to FTC instead of reporting it to police department. It has been observed that after people experience such thefts, most of the people do not report it to department. They do not report to FTC either. They are just casual about their things. They just inform the service providers of credit cards or bank ATMs if they are stolen. These service providers just blocks the service provided by those credit cards. They do not report this crime to anybody. This does not help the police to find such criminals. This proves beneficial for the criminals and they get another chance to do such crimes. But if the crimes are reported, police start to trace those criminals and hence...more
It could be hard to believe that the history of identity theft is young but there are several cases that speak about piracy and id theft. Much before the technology age, most of the thieves had to work had to make their living as they nearly had to...more
Identity theft can be simply identified as a crime throughout the world. Identity theft and fraud are basically the terms used to refer these crimes wherein a person wrongfully gains access and uses personal data of someone else in some way which...more
Identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes in the United States of American and the basic reason for this is that it is easy and does not require someone break through the doors to walk off with goods. They can actually get them even out of...more
Financial identity theft is recorded to be one of the fastest growing crimes around the world. This crime might have serious long term cost in your financial health. Additionally it might also take you years to clean up all the negative or false...more
Identity theft has become one of the growing problems throughout the world where there are millions of identity theft victim every year. There are several people who just make their living through identity theft. Generally credit card number is sold...more
Identity theft has become very common throughout the world and specially in United States where the ID thieves take advantage of the daily opportunities to find your personal information to be used in their benefit either to commit crime or for...more