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- Terrorism and Identity Theft
- Who Are Identity Thieves?
- What Do Identity Thieves Do?
- College Students and Identity Theft
- Malware and Macs
- Dumpster Diving
- You Are Only As Safe As the Places That Have Your Information
- They Should Know Better
- Hackers
- Identity Theft Risk in Old Gaming Consoles
- The Drug Connection
- Phishing
- Federal Express Phishing Scam
- Newegg Phishing Scam
- Former Good Advice
- More Good Advice to Avoid Becoming a Victim of Phishing
- The Dangers of Aquaman
- Iron Man 3
- Nude Photos of Carla Bruni
- Debit Card Phishing Scam
- Another Debit Card Phishing Scam
- Phishing with a Large Net
- Phishing Around the World
- Spearphishing
- How Do You Know That You Have Become a Victim of Phishing?
- Reloading
- Identity Theft Through Internet Phone Calls
- What Do Kim Kardashian and Michelle Obama Have in Common?
- USB Sticks and Identity Theft
- Internet of Things
- What You Can Do to Prevent Identity Theft
This chapter is from the book
What Do Identity Thieves Do?
Identity thieves take your personal information and use it to harm you in various ways, including these:
- Gaining access to your credit card accounts, bank accounts, or brokerage accounts
- Opening new credit card accounts in your name
- Opening new bank accounts in your name
- Buying cars and taking out car loans in your name
- Using your name and credit to pay for utilities, such as fuel oil or cable television
- Buying smartphones and phone plans in your name
- Using your medical insurance to obtain medical services, thereby corrupting your medical records
- Renting a home
- Using your name when committing crimes, for which you can be arrested
Although you might not be responsible for fraudulent charges made by an identity thief using your name, the damage to your credit as reflected in your credit report can affect your future employment, insurance applications, and loan applications, as well as future credit arrangements you might want to establish.