December 2007
 

According to the Federal Trade Commission, 400,000 children have their IDs stolen
each year.

ID Theft Protection Newsletter

Welcome to the E-newsletter for Identity Theft protection, providing you with breaking news, alerts and information to protect yourself from the fastest growing crime.

Sadly, many children become victims of identity theft.  In some cases, their information is stolen and sold on the black market.  In other cases, a family member or even parent uses the child's information to open new revolving credit accounts, establish utility services, etc.  Many of these children do not discover they have been victims until they are adults which can make cleaning up their records or finding the culprit even more difficult.

Click here to find out more on how to protect your child, what to do if you suspect the crime and three red flags your child's identity has been stolen.

What's in the News

Dell Overseas Call Centers Equals Instant Identity Theft?

If you own a Dell you may have called Dell Customer Care, chances are the call was answered by someone in a call center in India, or other overseas country in Asia.


Overwhelming turnout shreds identity theft

At 6 a.m., lines of cars were backed out of the 9NEWS parking lot and at the four other locations across the metro area.


A new way to commit ID Theft Crime has been discovered: Synthetic Identity Theft

Instead of targeting just one person, some crooks are taking pieces of information from different people to form a new identity. This synthetic identity theft is harder to track and can potentially do a lot more damage.