| You may be aware that identity theft is on the rise as | | | | their medical coverage and receive medical |
| one of the most frequent crimes committed in this age, | | | | treatments that they do not have to pay for. It is often |
| however are you aware of the different types that | | | | an insurance agent or medical personel that are |
| affect you in different ways? It scary to really fathom | | | | committing these crimes. They are commonly inside |
| that one person can get a hold of your personal | | | | jobs. |
| identification information and compromise everything | | | | 4. Stealing your driver's license ID- Predators lurk |
| you have worked for your entire life. You can | | | | everywhere to reap personal gain when they want to |
| implement better identity theft protection by educating | | | | avoid penalties. Driver's licenses hold a great meaning |
| yourself on the ways that someone can steal your | | | | when people can cash checks with the appropriate |
| identity. | | | | identification. A criminal can also commit driving crimes |
| | | | that will fall-back to your responsibility and your record. |
| 1. Identity impersonation- Not every crime that is | | | | 5. Credit theft- One of the main reasons an individual |
| commited is for financial gain. Someone could be | | | | or entity will steal your identity is to gain information on |
| wanting to steal your identity to use for various | | | | your credit cards and bank information. This enables |
| purposessuch as to hide who they are and to | | | | them to charge your cards, steal your savings, and ruin |
| impersonate you, through medical means for insurance | | | | your credit permanently. |
| purposes, and as a sick game to seek revenge. | | | | You need to enforce your own identity theft protection |
| 2. Social Security purposes- Your social security | | | | by practicing safety always. Whether it be on the |
| number and card idenitifies you from anyone else in | | | | Internet, in person, by acqaintence or disregard over |
| the United States. It is used for tax purposes, | | | | who to trust, you need to look out for your own |
| employment reasons, and for obtaining passports. | | | | well-being by understanding the different ways that |
| Criminals will steal these numbers to be employed | | | | someone can steal your identity and greatly alter your |
| legally, do evade taxes, and to abort the country to | | | | life for the worse. You will be very thankful in the |
| avoid criminal recourse. | | | | long-end when you do not have to go through and |
| 3. Medical identity theft- This type theft is occurring | | | | endure the pain-staking process of reversing the |
| more commonly as insurance is expensive and hard to | | | | damage that has been done by identity theft. |
| come by. Criminals are using people's identities to steal | | | | |