| Identity theft is a major problem in this day and age. It | | | | containing a virus can be sent to you to gather your |
| hurts the creditors that have money owing to them as | | | | personal information from your computer. The best |
| well as the people whose identities are stolen. Even | | | | way to stop this is by not opening e-mails if you don't |
| the general public looses because of the extra fees | | | | recognize the sender. You need to read the |
| and higher interest rates charged by the companies | | | | information provided in the subject line and who has |
| for money they loose. It's difficult to determine its origin | | | | sent it to you. |
| but it's really just another form of thievery and that's | | | | Sometimes things can be misspelled or be obvious |
| been around forever. | | | | spam. Never open a message that you know to be |
| Is Identity Theft Creative or Just Stealing? | | | | spam. Keeping you virus program updated and running |
| At it's simplest, identity theft is just a form of stealing. It | | | | regularly will also help you with these unwanted |
| can actually be traced back before the internet. A | | | | messages. |
| recent movie called "Catch Me If You Can" portrays | | | | Identity thieves can also do something as easy as |
| the life of a conman. He lived his life as someone else | | | | checking the garbage that you throw out. It's important |
| of various professions often carrying out check fraud. | | | | to never throw out papers that have information on it |
| In this movie you can see simple identity theft. This has | | | | such as social security numbers, birth dates, account |
| eventually turned into a modern day form of identity | | | | numbers or any other information that pertains to |
| theft. People have just simply become better at it using | | | | identity. |
| the modern day conveniences of the internet and | | | | It doesn't really matter when identity theft originated. |
| e-mail to not only to take on someone else's | | | | What is most important is that as individuals, we are |
| profession but now also become that person. | | | | careful with our personal information to protect |
| One of these ways this is done is by e-mail. An e-mail | | | | ourselves against this offense. |