Identity Theft
By: Nikki Jacobson & Cole Miller
What Is Identity Theft?
Access Granted:
When someone steals your identity they may have access to all of the most personal files, anything you have access to, they do too.
Identity Theft:
Nobody is truly safe from identity theft. Everyone is at risk, anyone can have there identity stolen.
Social Security:
The social security is one of the if not the most important things to protect your identity. If a thief gets a hold of your social security card they got a hold of your identity as well.
Rates?
Decreasing Rates
Over the past few years rates of identity theft has been decreasing. The chart above shows the growing rates up to 2010
Most Common Type Of Identity Theft
The most common type of identity theft is theft of things like medical records, insurance, and investments, and then the other categories are ranked on the pie chart above
Most Common Age for Identity Theft
The most common age for identity theft are those in there 20's and the chart above shows the percentage for each age group.
How Do You Protect Yourself?
Sources Cited:
- http://guides.wsj.com/personal-finance/credit/how-to-protect-yourself-from-identity-theft/
- http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/idtheft/
- http://frederikabank.com/Tipstopreventidentitytheft.htm
- http://www.yourgreatestprotection.net/2012_07_01_archive.html
- http://www.ira.com/preventing-identity-theft
- http://central.fraudfighter.com/Icounterfeit-detection-id-verification/?month=5&year=2011
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NwBpiv1nXE
- http://texasceomagazine.com/tag/identity-theft/