Identity theft is one of the rising forms of crime in the 21st century. The modus operandi is simple but the effects can be devastating on the victim of not detected early. The criminal obtains personal details of the victim and impersonates that person and takes advantage of his social position which can lead to dire consequences. The banking passwords and credit card details may be obtained by either hacking onto the victims system or by other means. Sometimes the waste papers are rummaged to find personal details which may be of help. These details are used to forge passports and sell them to illegal immigrants and ensure their safe passage into a foreign country. Generally these forgers run elaborate rackets and are very difficult to crack down. (more…)

It is a social responsibility for everyone to know that how serious of a crime is identity theft. The identity theft has been increasing day by day which needs to be stopped in order to maintain one’s own protection. Hence in this article few of the statistics of identity theft to prove the importance of this awareness. The concept of identity theft was first recognized in the 1990’s and was mentioned in the literature. According to the studies the rime had increased 11-20% between the years 2001-2002. But thereafter by the year 2003 there was a great jump to 80% increase. (more…)

For a person to successfully report identity theft one must know in detail what identity theft is and what can be its consequences. Identity theft is basically a misnomer as one cannot literally steals a person’s identity but may pose as a different person by procuring other persons documents. The ideal term is identity fraud; however identity theft is the more popular and most widely used term and was coined in 1964. Identity theft is basically a person posing as a different person and trying to cheat other people so that if caught, the person whose identity is stolen is actually incriminated. Identity theft is also done to gain access to special places or to enjoy credits which the victim enjoys. (more…)

The United States of America has enacted the laws on identity theft in order to get control over the rapid growth of this identity theft nuisance, and have the motive of gradually putting a full stop to this crime. After the law enforcement agencies and other law makers recognized this problem in the 1990’s, they found the urgency of passing a law to obstruct its growth, and hence in the year 1998 a new law called Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act (ITADA) was introduced to give justice to the thieves and protect their victims from the harm caused by them. (more…)

Identity theft is now being recognized as a massive business in the world of crime. In the recent years it has been growing at a very fast pace resulting to more and more victims. The Federal Trade Commission is the agency that has legally taken up the initiative in tracking down the culprits of this crime. There are even cases witnessed where one is still not aware that his identity has been stolen. It is extremely unpredictable when one might become a victim to identity crime and hence this article provides a few tips to help one recover from identity theft. (more…)