| Identity Theft | | | | keep it private? Identity Theft is when someone uses |
| Identity theft is the wrongful use of YOUR personal | | | | someone else?s personal identifying information for |
| information - such as your name, social security | | | | illegal purposes. The illegal purpose often involves |
| number, or credit card number - without your | | | | acquiring goods and services and/or obtaining credit in |
| permission by another person to commit fraudulent or | | | | the victim/s name. |
| criminal acts. ID thieves take out phony loans or ring up | | | | Identity Theft is less risky, incredibly easy, and highly |
| bogus charges in your name. Identity theft is often a | | | | profitable as compared to most other crimes. A thief |
| question of too little privacy or too much identification. | | | | who robs you at gunpoint and is caught is likely to be |
| How can so much information get out if you personally | | | | sentenced to 5 to 10 years in prison. |