How Does Identity Theft Occur?
Identity theft is a serious crime where identity criminals will steal your information and use it for their personal gain.
Here’s how thieves get a hold of your info…
- Finding documents in trash cans and other places that contain credit card numbers, account numbers, and other personal information
- Getting information from lost or discarded computers, mobile phones or wallets
- Stealing checks, credit cards, debit cards, passports, driver’s licenses, or skimming the information from card readers to create new cards
- Stealing information from personal computers using malware or spyware
- Pretending to be trusted organizations to obtain personal information and/or financial information through the mail, telephone, text messaging and email
And more.