| As the internet technology has made shopping, | | | | make a bank transaction online. As he needs |
| banking and business transactions more convenient | | | | verification with the other party he is conducting |
| by taking it all online, so has it also taken fraud and | | | | business with, he may have to give an Social Security |
| thievery to a higher, more technologically-advanced | | | | number, or a health security number or credit card or |
| level: identity theft.What is identity theft? Identity | | | | credit account number. Identity thieves and identity |
| theft is the stealing of identity through the internet. | | | | criminals operate on stealth. They can easily gain |
| But can identity be stolen, you ask. As long as you | | | | access to the information you have divulged to the |
| have Social Security number, bank account number, | | | | bank you are transacting with. With these |
| credit account number, health card number, your | | | | information, they can use your identity, make credits |
| identity can be stolen.The internet is already full of | | | | in your account, deposit dirty money for laundering in |
| reports on identity theft. How is it done?Identity | | | | your bank account, make purchases, buy homes, |
| theft is done by malicious individual entities or groups | | | | yachts, travel, drain your funds, and basically just do |
| who may not even necessarily have a thorough | | | | everything they want using your identity and your |
| know-how on the ins and outs of computer tapping | | | | life. |
| and computer hacking. An unsuspecting individual may | | | | |