subject: How Does Identity Theft Occurs? [print this page] Identity theft can take place everywhereIdentity 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 know only after they suffer severe losses because someone else has packed their pockets on his behalf. Public places are more prone for such accidents to happen when you lose your private belongings and don't even notice it. Cases of stealing your finer prints have also been noted. So you have to be careful about some one stealing your finger print.
After all, your thumb impression is unique identity that you possess. Stealing of credit cards and wallets are common accidents that happen in every public place. Now days, stealing of your mobile phones also happen. Your mobile phone may also contain some private data that you have. Same is the case with your computers. Difference is that compute thefts don't happen in public places. Let us see some causes of identity thefts.
Causes of identity thefts
Most of the causes are because of irresponsibility of the people. We always roam around at public places but are least bothered abut our private belongings. Such chances are made useful by the criminals. We always think of criminal as person with shot guns and indecent looks on face.
But times have changed and now there are sophisticated criminals also who look like normal people but intentions are wrong. They do this purposely so that they become unnoticeable and people cannot guess them. Roaming around lethargically at public places causes your wallet or mobile phones to be stolen. Lack of privacy when you are entering your pin number in Bank ATMs or during your credit card transactions can also be dangerous.
These criminals are always around watching you when you are performing such private transactions. This may cause your secret numbers to leak. Then only thing remaining for the criminals is to steal your card and they have got everything that you have in your bank account. Such can be case when you are operating your computers. If your password leaks the every private data that you have on your computer is taken publicly.
But there are some things which you really can't control. Things when somebody steals your face by undergoing some plastic surgeries! Sounds weird right? But such cases have also happened when somebody steals some body's face and then acts as if he is the same man. Let us see some precautions to be taken to protect your identity.
Some precautionary methods
You should be watchful while at public places. Don't disclose your secrete pin numbers or pin numbers on phone as well as in text messages. Be careful while entering your passwords in your machines. Don't roam off casually on roads. And be as careful as possible while working organizations in which data loss can cost huge amounts. These losses are more to the organizations than to you.
