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	Articles Insurance Agent Goes to Jail for Bilking Elderly Client Texas Warns Elderly About New 'Grandparents' Scam Facial Recognition Scanning of Drivers License Photos Helps Indiana Nab ID Thieves New Anti-ID Theft Rules Not Well Known to Banks and Businesses ID Thief Hides by Impersonating Criminals Record ID Theft Case in Colorado Leads to $2.6 Million in Social Security Going to Illegals Massachusetts Companies Protest ID Theft Law, Want More Time Dramatic Rise Reported in US Data Breaches Businesses Need to Prevent ID Theft Throughout the 'Data Life Cycle' California Criminals Target Hundreds for ID Theft In Georgia Christmas Time Brings Out ID Thieves Eur-asian Based Gang Busted In Nevada for ID Theft Schemes Survey Shows Identity Theft Still a Major Concern Wall Street Fund Manager Accused of Defrauding $$ Billions Former Oregon Cop Charged with ID Theft and Misconduct Police Believe ID Theft Ring in Texas Targeted Thousands of U.S. Troops Reporter Goes Dumpster Diving and Hits the Jackpot for ID Theft Nationwide ID Theft Scam Targets the Better Business Bureau Computer Virus Turns Former Pastor into an ID Theft Victim FTC to Suspend Enforcement of ‘Red Flags’ Rule to Combat ID Theft Medicare and the Continuing Risk of ID Theft National ID Theft Task Force Highlights Its Effort to Battle the Crime California Man Accused of Stealing a Business’s Identity and Using it to Scamming Seniors Illegal Immigrant Sentenced for ID Theft Scheme Involving Two Banks and More Than Two Dozen People ID Theft Shakes up Victim’s Life FTC Warns of Scams, ID Theft in Connection with Hurricane Ike Indiana Identity Theft Unit Recovers More Than $400,000 Authorities Raid Arizona Candle-Making Company: 23 Undocumented Workers Arrested for ID Theft Less Than One-Third of US Banks Ready to Meet ID Theft Prevention Compliance Deadline Fraud-Prevention Specialist at an Arizona Bank Sentenced to Six-and-a-Half Years for ID Theft Former Real Estate Employee Facing ID Theft Charges #1 Crime - ID Theft Targets College Students Step by Step Plan for Fixing ID Theft Created Problems Action Plan for Avoiding Identity Theft Chicago Officers Asked to Give DNA at Crime Scenes Training Questioned After Police Fire 47 Shots and Kill Homeless Man Hardware Store Employee Accused of ID Theft Involving Co-workers and Customers ID Thief Posed as a County Appraiser Medical Care and Identity Theft Feds Crack Down on Identity Theft High-Tech Tool and Old-fashioned Police Work Lead to Capture of ID Theft Suspect on Forgery Spree Drug Testing to Prevent ID Theft??? ID Theft: Fact, Fiction and the Funny Papers Ten Ways Students Can Protect against ID Theft Eleven Arrested in Massive ID Theft Ring, 40 Million Credit Cardholders Now at Risk Crafty Crooks Making ID Theft More Common Tougher Stance on Illegal Workers Leads to More ID Theft Family Takes Nightmare Story of Illegal Immigrant ID Theft to Washington, DC Lawmakers ID Theft Suspect Leads Police Right to Her by Filing a Vandalism Complaint Consumer Reports Investigation Reveals Government among Biggest Sources of ID Leaks Active-Duty Soldier Among the Victims in $200,000 ID Theft Scheme Sex Offenders and Dead Doctors Get Fraudulent Medicare Payments Seven ID Thieves Surprised When Police Crack Their Ring Top Spammer Gets Long Prison Term Real Estate Fraud Leads to Guilty Plea Mailer Carrier Helps Nab ID Thieves ID Theft: Pros and Cons of Credit Monitoring and Identity Scoring Washington Man’s Odyssey to Clear Name after ID Theft Ends after Seven Years IRS Urged to Improve Protection against ID Theft Marine Who Admitted Stealing Identities of Five Fellow Marines Sentenced to Prison Rapper Arrested for ID Theft Involving Hospital Visit New ID Theft Phishing Scheme Targeting Investors The Busted Chef: Owner of Popular Brooklyn Eatery Arrested for ID Theft of Customers 2008 Data Breach Count is 69% Higher than 2007 Louisiana Attorney Accused of Stealing Ex-wife’s Identity Online Games Can Lead to ID Theft The ID Theft Threat to Businesses Thief Gets More Than 4 Years in Prison for His Role in ID Theft Scheme Targeting Commercial Properties in the West Posting of Social Security Numbers Results in Suspensions for Three Workers Consultant Accused of Stealing An Iowa Congressional Candidate’s Identity “Bonnie” Admits Role in $116,000 ID-Theft Spree with Boyfriend Critics Say ID Theft Law Requiring the Reporting of Security Breaches is Not Very Effective ID Theft Tops Security Fears Colorado DMV Puts Residents at Risk of ID Theft Feds Unveil High-Tech Weapon to Fight ID Theft Financial Institutions to Follow “Red Flag Rules” to Lessen ID Theft Identity Theft Involving ATMs on the Rise ID Theft Picks Up with IRS Scams US Government Contradicts Itself On ID Theft Advice and Social Security Numbers Theft of Your Medical Identity is a Growing Problem FTC to Study Experiences of ID Theft Victims How to Protect Yourself from New Type of Online Scam Due to ID Theft Risk, Agency Calling for Social Security Number Removed from Medicare ID Cards When ID Theft Hits Home Wisconsin Man Trapped in Identity Theft Bank Worker in Philadelphia Area Charged with ID Theft New Food Stamps Scam Targets Elderly Be Wary of Data Thieves: Information Can Be Easy Prey for Hackers Detectives in Oregon Finally Catch Up with Prolific ID Thief They’ve Been Investigating for Two Years Identity Theft in the Information Age Woman Arrested for Stealing Senior’s Identity, Buying Tickets to Egypt and More Dealing with ID Theft Can Be Expensive, Emotionally Draining and Time-Consuming Freeze! How to Combat ID Theft Colorado Professor Surprised to Find He has Six Mortgages The Voices of Identity Theft Illegal Aliens Attempting to Get US Jobs Fuels Growth of ID Theft Report Claims Data Breach Disclosure Laws Don’t Slow Down ID Theft Texas Sheriff: “Biggest Identity Theft Bust I’ve Ever Seen” Traffic Stop Leads Police to Identity Theft Ring in California How Kids Expose Themselves to ID Thieves FBI Agent Explains there’s More than a Financial Threat from Identity Theft ID Thief Arrested after Racking up $787,000 in Debt Buying Cars and Homes with Stolen Identity Researchers Say State Notification Laws Are Not Lowering ID Theft Bank of New York "Loses" 4.5 Million Unencrypted Customer Records The Aftermath of ID theft: Analysis Through Eyes of Victims ID Theft Ring Broken Up in Louisiana: Eleven Arrested What Everyone Should Know about Reducing the Risk of ID Theft Lavish Lifestyle Funded through ID Theft Leads to Guilty Pleas ID Theft is Ultimate Target of Tax-Related Scams “Red Flag” Rules for Banks Target ID Theft Medical ID Theft Can Injure Finances, Endanger Lives Cleveland Police Officer Break up What’s Believed to Be a Major ID Theft Operation Police in California Investigate if ATM ID Theft at Gas Station and Supermarket are Connected Cable Service Representative Arrested for ID Theft Involving a Customer Is “Lifelock” Giving Customers a False Sense of ID Theft Security? Vacation Travel Tips to Safeguard Your Identity and Credit ID-Protection Ads Come Back to Bite Pitchman Who Publicized His Own Social Security Number New Multi-Faceted ID Theft Scam Working the Kansas City Area Former DMV Worker Guilty in Scam Supplying IDs to Illegal Immigrants Selling Your Old iPhone Could Put You at Risk for ID Theft Letter Urging Fraud Alert Raises Suspicion: Should It? Twin Sisters Charged with ID Theft at an Illinois Preschool Two Arrested in ID Theft Scheme Involving Inmate Who Impersonated an Assistant D.A. from Jail Woman Accused of Using Her Unsuspecting Boyfriend’s Identity to Commit Credit Card Fraud More Americans Feel They Can Become ID Theft Victims More Arrests Expected in Widespread ID Theft Case Straddling Iowa/Nebraska Border ID Theft Poses Bigger Threat Offline Homeland Security Official Calls Thwarting ID Theft a Priority Houston Banker Admits to ID Theft How to Avoid Cons that Can Lead to ID Theft An Unwanted Package Leads to ID Theft Realization IRS Warns of Fake Email and Phone Calls from ID Thieves DIY Identity Theft Protection: A 12-Step Program Police Chief Targeted in Phony Check Scam Increase in Workplace Raids Fuels a Growing Market for Phony IDs and Work Documents Florida Community Hit with a Rash of Birth Certificate and Social Security Card Thefts When Bad Things Happen in Your Good Name: The Consequences of ID Theft 25 Excellent Resources to Protect Against ID Theft Federal Authorities Investigate the Reach of ID Theft Plot Involving Three Kansas Men Former Regions Bank Employee Indicted for Embezzlement and ID Theft Anti-Fraud Cop Faces Charges for Fake ID Accountant Accused of Identity Theft Protect Your Kids: Prevent Identity Theft ID Theft Involving Government Employee Believed to be a Meth User Prompts Debate on Drug Testing Social Networking Applications Can Pose ID Theft Risks Credit Card Fraud: Skimming Money Out of Your Pocket Iraq Veteran Learns He’s a Victim of ID Theft When Served with an Arrest Warrant Missouri Sues Web Site to Stop Selling of Consumers’ Personal Information Driver Accused in School Bus Crash Killing Four Children Indicted on Federal ID Theft Charges Social Security Requirement Makes Some Afraid to Volunteer with the American Red Cross for Fear of ID Theft Operator of a Florida Assisted Living Facility Arrested for Stealing the Identity of One of His Elderly Residents Wife of a Missouri Sheriff Charged with ID Theft How to Avoid Medical Identity Theft Illegal Immigrant Who Served Time in US Prison for Drug Conviction Now Sentenced to US Federal Prison for ID Theft Another Stolen Laptop and This Time Current and Former Connecticut State University Students at Risk for ID Theft Ground Zero Workers Exposed to Possible ID Theft 80% of Americans Say They Are Concerned About Identity Theft Identity Theft Happens to Dead People Too Call for Action: Let’s Really Crack Down on ID Theft Seven Surefire Ways to Become an ID Theft Victim 2,000 Corporate Executives Fall Victim to Smash & Grab Style ID Theft Nation’s Largest Health Insurer Notifies Clients Their Records Were Left Open to Possible ID Theft US House Passes Bill Requiring the IRS to Inform Taxpayers of Possible ID Theft Stolen University of Virginia Laptop Contained Personal Information of Students, Staff and Faculty ID Theft Ring Busted in California, More Than 300 People Believed to Be Victims New Book “Zero Day Threat” Exposes the Role Banks and Credit Bureaus Play in ID Theft Thieves Using Stolen Identities on Tax Returns Jumps 579% Over Five Years Woman Who Used Stolen Identity to Buy Prescription Painkillers in 11 States Could Get a Life Sentence How Stolen Identities Used to File Taxes Can Lead to More Problems for Victims Hospital Worker Faces ID Theft Charges for Allegedly Stealing a Patient’s Credit Card Moments after She Died Utah State Employee Accused of Stealing More Than 100 Identities of Clients Searching for Employment Arizona Attorney General Hails Passage of ID Theft Bills Company Ordered to Stop Selling So-Called International Driver’s Licenses to Illegal Immigrants New IRS Chief Promises His Agency Will Tackle ID Theft Hospital Security Guard and Three Others Charged in Scheme to Steal Patients’ Identities Three Lawsuits Against Lifelock Point to Problems in ID Theft Protection Business Police Say Caretaker Stole Identity of Mentally Challenged Woman Brazzen ID Theft Suspects Arrested after Showing Up at a Victim’s Home Watchdog Report Finds the IRS is Not Doing Enough on ID Theft Judge Changes Mind about Plea Deal to Give Suspected ID Thief a Lighter Sentence Former FEMA Employee Pleads Guilty to Stealing Identities Including Some of Natural Disaster Victims SEC Shuts Down ID Theft Scam Involving a Job Advertisement on the Popular Web Site Craig’s List ID Theft: Stealing More than Just Money ID Theft Strikes Grad Students at U.C. Irvine ID Theft “Victim” Arrested and Released to the Dismay of the Real Victim ID Theft Victim Who Was Branded a Pedophile Still Suffering Despite Being Proven Innocent Con Man Turned Crime Stopper Frank Abagnale Gives Law Enforcement Sobering Lesson in ID Theft Online Scams Cost Consumers $240 Million in 2007 Marine Accused of Stealing Identity of a Fellow Marine while Training Together New Study Finds Men Fall Harder than Women for Internet Fraud Man Charged with Identity Theft while Behind Bars ID Theft Raid Results in Standoff and Arrests Tear up Those Hotel Keycards and Other Ways to Protect Yourself against ID Theft US Lacks Government Agency to Stop ID Thefts Fraudulent Charges Lead Police to ID Theft Ring at a New Mexico Motel After Previous Deportation Pakistani National Illegally Reenters the US Using Stolen Identity First ID Theft Case to Go to Trial in Long Island Leads to Conviction of ‘Criminal Ring Leader' Columnist is Living Proof ID Theft Can Happen to Anyone Philadelphia Woman Sentenced for Stealing $194,000 from a Hearing-Impaired Couple Woman’s Social Security Number Stolen by Illegal Immigrant: His Credit is Fine, Hers is Ruined Bill Aims to Protect Arizona School Children from Identity Theft ID Theft Victim Describes Impact of This Crime Who’s at Risk of Identity Theft Investigators Arrest 19 in Mortgage Fraud Case Spanning 27 States and 350 Victims Texas Attorney General Reaches ID Theft Protection Agreement with CVS Pharmacy Suspended Police Officer Now Under Arrest for ID Theft, Financial Fraud School Security Guard Charged with Identity Theft Thieves Are Stealing People’s Identities and Stealing Their Houses How ID Thieves Are Able to Steal Home Man Charged with ID Theft after Using Ex-Wife’s Identity to Subscribe to DirecTV and Get Dental Coverage for his Girlfriend Postal Carrier and Others Busted in ID Theft Scheme Agents Finally Uncover True Identity of Man who Stole the IDs of at Least Five Dead People to Hide His Past for Years Police say Illegal Immigrant Tried to Use Fake Social Security Card to Get Public Assistance Benefits Wisconsin County Uses New Birth Record Forms to Deter ID Theft It’s Up to Us to Catch Debit Fraud Do-It-Yourself ID Theft Protection Keep an Eye on Your Medical Identity Stolen Government Laptop Contained Sensitive Medical and Personal Information Florida Man Arrested in Tourist ID Theft Scam Suspected Illegal Immigrant Sentenced in Phoenix Identity Theft Organization Supermarket Chain Involved in Data Breach Should Offer Free ID Protection Beware of Tax and Rebate Scams Man Purchases Two Homes in California Using an 8-Year-Old’s Social Security Number Restaurant Will Not Be Punished for Employing 11 Illegal Immigrants Now Charged with ID Theft ID Theft: Take Charge and Fight Back Credit Card Victim Gives Advice and Warning Texas Banks Become First in the Nation to Use Early-Warning System for Catching ID Theft Cyber Crook Admits Identity Theft Swindle DMV ID Theft: Woman Finds Seven Vehicles She Doesn’t Own Registered in Her Name What Your Bank Should be Doing to Protect You from ID Theft Bank Employee Indicted On ID Theft Charges Involving Customers Seattle Man Who Used Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Programs to Commit ID Theft Sentenced to Prison Data Thieves Snag 4.2 Million Credit Card Numbers From Supermarket Chain Online Taxpayers Targeted by ID Thieves Former Security Guard at Rhode Island Hospital Accused of Stealing Identity Information of Emergency Room Patients Leukemia Survivor Reaches Landmark Settlement with Credit Reporting Agency Two Arrested in East Coast Identity Theft Scheme ID Theft: Like Stealing Credit from a Baby South Carolina Legislature Passes Tough, Stringent ID Theft Law Phishing scams and ID Theft Prompts Action by Alaska Legislature Math Tutor Used Student’s Personal Information to Open Credit Card Accounts, Run up Charges Feds Say Man Made his Living Committing Credit Card Fraud through a Large ID Theft Scheme Police say an Alabama Woman Charged with 31 Counts of ID Theft that Stretched across the Country Police in Utah on the Hunt for ID Theft Suspect MTV Employees Discover Their Identity and Salary Information Has Been Exposed in Data Breach University Professor Charged With Stealing Identities of a Student and Relatives Identity Thieves Target Tax Returns Why Identity Theft is So Rampant in the United States Tools to Help Protect Yourself from ID Theft Victim and Indiana Attorney General Work Together on a New ID Theft Unit ID Theft Becomes a Growing Industry in Texas Border Towns ID Theft: One Man’s Struggle to Reclaim His Good Name Bizarre Case of Identity Theft Revealed in Wichita Court Records Continue to Victimize ID Theft Victim Maryland ID Theft Suspect Goes for the Gold Eight Tips to Avert ID Theft During Tax Time Consumers Grow Wiser but ID Theft Still a Risk Protect Your Credit Rating from Identity Theft Identity Theft 911 Report Blames Illegal Immigration and Government Inaction for Arizona’s Top Ranking Fraud and ID Theft Now Found to Play a Role in the US Housing Crisis Missouri Man Gets One-and-a-half Years in Prison for Stealing the Identity of Army Major Stationed in Kuwait Dog Lovers Hit by Nigerian Bulldog Scam Family Comes Face-to-Face with Woman Accused of Stealing Their Missing Daughter’s Identity Eight Arrested in Denver ID Theft Ring that Prosecutors Believe Fueled Meth Addiction IRS Warns about ID Theft by Tax Preparers Spring Cleaning Identity Theft Tips Quick Moving ID Theft Teams Operating in Texas Medical ID Theft Turns Patients into Victims Woman Accused in Deadly School Bus Crash Charged with ID Theft Indiana Attorney General Launches ID Theft Unit Murder Suspect Admits to ID Theft in Fake Missionary Scam Identity Theft Takes Some Undoing ID Theft Once Again the Biggest Complaint in Illinois The Worst Town for ID Theft: Napa, California Want to Prevent ID Theft? Follow These 10 Tips New Survey Finds 67% of Americans Missing Out on Easy Opportunity to Combat ID Theft Secure Passwords Helpful in Preventing Online ID Theft Who's Putting You at Risk: Ranking Corporate America on ID Theft Ignorance and Personal Information Storage Keep Putting Our Identities at Risk High-Tech ID Theft: Are Retailers Transmitting Your Information to Thieves? Tracking ID Theft: One in Seven Has Identity Stolen Despite Steady Stream of Computer Security Breaches, Federal Agencies Doing Little to Safeguard Information Police Say an Illegal Immigrant Committed Credit Card Fraud Right Before and After Being Sentenced to Probation on Other ID Theft Charges False Craigslist Post May End in ID Theft Charge North Carolina Woman Admits Stealing the Identity of an Elderly Widow IRS Tells 7-Year-Old Chicago Boy He Owes Back Taxes on $60,000 in Wages and Unemployment Benefits What I Did as the Victim of Identity Theft ID Theft: Federal Agencies Fail to Meet Data Protection Standards Medical Identity Theft is Often an Inside Job County Sheriff Becomes ID Theft Victim and Then Finds Out 150 of His Citizens Are Also Victims Postal Service Warns About ID Theft Feds to Help Maryland Victims of ID Theft and Fraud Freezing Identity Theft ID Theft and Fake IDs: A Difficult Crime to Stop Protecting Your Child From Identity Theft Suspect Faces the Possibility of a Life Sentence on Charges of Identity Theft Identity Theft: How Your Computer Could Hurt You Kentucky Lawmakers to Consider Data Breach Disclosure Law Scam Artists Profit from Hard Economic Times Eight Ways to Protect Your Identity Unique Twist in ID Theft Case: Victim Reports it to Police and The Thief is Actually Arrested The Changing Face of Identity Theft Modesto Schools Starts ID Theft Prevention Blog after Computer Stolen Containing Employees Personal Information IRS Won't Call You About Your Tax Rebate - But Scammers Might Arizona Again Leads the Nation in ID Theft Key Advice to Follow to Try to Prevent Identity Theft Suspects Pose as Future Employers at a Michigan Hospital to Steal Job Seeker's Identity A Lead Program Manager at Microsoft Has Email Account Hacked Identity Theft Tops List of US Consumer Fraud Complaints for 2007 Survey Finds Most ID Theft Occurs Offline Best Buy Faces $54 Million Lawsuit After Losing a Customer's Laptop With Her Personal Information on It IRS Spam Jumps as Tax Deadline Nears AT&T, Microsoft Help Deflate ID Theft Bill Aimed at Data Breaches ID Thief Caught Doing What Many ID Thieves Do: Casing Cars for Financial and Personal Documents Identity Theft During Tax Time Peer-to-Peer File Sharing May Be 2008's Greatest ID Theft Threat High-Tech Social Security Cards May Join Battle Against ID Theft New Study Claims ID Theft is Declining But Losses are Increasing 70-Year-Old ID Theft Victim Loses $87,000, Police Search for Two Female Suspects Parents Worry New Database Will Put Texas Students at Risk for ID Theft Arizona Attorney General Warns about ID Theft Scams Five Sentenced to Prison for ID Theft Conspiracy that Abused the Legal Name Change System Swift Fallout: The Pain Behind Illegal Immigrants Using Stolen Identities Four People Arrested in ID Theft Scheme that Stretched from California to Washington to Texas ID Theft and the Growing Threat to Minors ID Theft and Data Breaches: Something Needs to be Done Photo Operation Outside a Citizenship and Immigration Services Building Shut Down After Fake ID Arrests Identities for Sale Monitoring Bank Account Online Protects an Alabama Man's Identity Seniors' Identity Theft Dilemma Police Finally Catch Up with ID Theft Suspect Accused of Stealing the Identity of a Missing Woman Man Accused of Stealing the Identity of a Moroccan Prince Through Facebook California Woman Arrested in Major ID Theft Operation Allegedly Pilfered a Previous Employer's Client Database University of Texas Students Targeted by Cyber-scammers Attempting to Steal Their Identities The Cost of ID Theft and a System that Needs Fixing ID Thief Gives Advice on How Not to Become a Victim Loophole May Have Allowed Theft of Missing Woman's Identity Woman Accused of Stealing the Identity of a Missing Person and Using it to Attend an Ivy League University The Cost of ID Theft: Beyond Dollars and Cents ID Theft and Credit Card Fraud Can Cost You Thousands Illegal Immigrants from Cuba Charged with Aggravated ID Theft ID Theft Devastates Tennessee Couple Who Face Mounting Tax Debts, Speeding Ticket Fines and Worker's Comp Hassles Millionaire Author Murdered by ID Thief Who Raided His Financial Accounts ID Theft Increasingly Targets Those Who Have No Financial Identity: Children ID Theft Ring Uncovered in Texas May Be Part of a Multi-state or National Operation ID Thief Whose Crime Paid for Breast-Augmentation Surgery Escapes Federal Prison Sentence Health Care Provider Says the Identities of 300,000 Subscribers at Risk Following Laptop Theft Credit Freeze Fees Should Be Kept Minimal ID Theft Victim Finds His Tax Refunds Went to Someone Else Beware of E-mail Promising Tax Refund: It's a Scam Identity Theft Can Take Devastating Forms Take Steps to Protect Yourself from Identity Theft ID Theft Victim is Wrongly Arrested and Spends Two Days in Jail for Child Molestation Don't be too Anxious for Federal Government Rebate or You Could Get Your Identity Stolen Beware: Online Quizzes Could Set the Stage for ID Theft Identity Theft: The Gunless Robbery that Can Hurt Your Credit for Years Don't Let Your Identity Get Skimmed: Bay Area Officials Pool Resources to Combat Identity Theft Shield Yourself From Scams US Soldier Serving in Iraq Has His Identity Stolen by an Illegal Immigrant in California No One is Immune to ID Theft, Even Your Dead Relative Fresno County Deputy DA Facing ID Theft Charges Identity Thief Caught on Camera Company Being Scrutinized After Sending Mailings that Exposed the Social Security Numbers of 260,000 People Washington States Looks to Speed Up Prosecution of ID Thieves Police Find a Common Denominator in a Number of Unauthorized Credit Card Charges: Pizza Hut Identity Theft Becoming the Crime of Choice for Criminals To Buy or Not to Buy: Identity Theft Protection Weekends Are a Hard Time to Report Credit Scams Vote and Get Your Identity Stolen Only Eight Months Old and Already a Victim of ID Theft Eagle Scout Project Hopes to Open the Eyes of Teens and Parents to the Very Real Threat of ID Theft Don't Let Someone Steal Your Medical Identity Before You Submit Online Job Application, Think Twice about Listing Social Security Number ID Theft Impacts Online Retailers as a Third of Customers Shy Away from Internet Shopping Personal Information on about 650,000 Retail Customers at Risk after Computer Tape Goes Missing US Postal Service Busts ID Theft Ring that Stole Personal Information of 10,000 Credit Card Users NYPD Officer and 60 Others Arrested in Stolen Car Insurance Fraud Sting University of Wisconsin-Madison Exposed Workers Social Security Numbers on a Public Web Site Elderly Woman Stole ID of a 37-year-old Woman and Obtained a Driver's License in the Victim's Name Despite Big Age Difference When Someone Hijacks Your Debit Card ID Theft Ring Operating in the Southwest May Have Roots in Russia Medical Center Employee Who Helped Herself to Patients' Identities Sentenced to Federal Prison Wisconsin Admits to Putting the Identities of 5000 Taxpayers at Risk Man's Personal Struggle Gets Even Harder Following ID Theft Police Believe ID Theft Ring Was Manufacturing Fake Checks in California Identity Theft Scam Hits University of Florida Inboxes Beware of Credit Repair Scams Could a National ID Actually Put Americans at Greater Risk of Identity Theft? Theft of Laptop Containing Social Security Numbers of Nashville Voters May Cost the City $1 Million Consumer Reports Offers Advice to Protect Yourself from ID Theft Chicago Woman Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison for Using Stolen Identity to Buy House and Car ID Theft Victim Spends Nearly Five Years To Get Her Name Back TSA Web Site Exposed Travelers to Identity Theft When ID Theft Gets Personal: Theft of Debit Card Number Hits Home Potential ID Theft Victims Urged to Use Credit Monitoring and Take Other Measures After Accidental Release of 260,000 Social Security Numbers Police Believe Mother-Daughter ID Theft Team Victimized Dozens of People Texas Attorney General Files Lawsuit Against Medical Company for Exposing Personal Information Company that Put Social Security Numbers on Address Labels Will Pay for ID Theft Insurance for 260,000 People Nashville Offers to Pay for ID Theft Protection for 337,000 Registered Voters Following Theft of Laptops Police Believe Philadelphia ID Theft Ring Began With Two Bank Employees Stealing Customers' Information Thieves Steal Credit Cards from Lockers at Workout Facilities and Go on a Shopping Spree Illegal Immigrants Stealing Names and Government-Issued ID Numbers to Get Jobs in America Infomercial "Credit Guru" Charged With Stealing His Brother's Identity British Columnist Who Published His Bank Account Number to Debunk "ID Theft Panic" Has His Identity Stolen Identity Theft Arrest Leads to Child Pornography Investigation Discovering a Major Data Breach Only Solves Half of the Problem Prosecutors Say Accused ID Thief Impersonated Others on the Phone and Internet to Get Credit Card Information Phone Hacking: Police Believe a Florida ID Theft Case is the Work of a Cell Phone Company Employee Virginia's Governor Wants the State to Take a Tougher Stance on ID Theft and Credit Card Fraud Predictions for 2008: ID Theft Will Grow Internationally, Become More Sophisticated and Harder to Detect Identity Theft Rising Dramatically in Idaho California Governor Creates Agency to Combat ID Theft Minors Become Targets of ID Theft When Personal Information is Not Monitored Online Government Records Contain Social Security Numbers and Aid in ID Theft Mesa County Sheriff's Department Warns About Medical Identity Theft Medical ID Theft on the Rise: How Throwing Away Prescription Information Could Hurt You Woman Steals Elderly Mother's Identity and Now Faces Up to 193 Years in Jail Identity Theft Grew Four Fold in 2007 Record Data Breaches in 2007 Credit Card Companies Share Personal Information ID Theft May Force British Man to Change Identity and Move Damages Won Against Credit Reporting Agency Following ID Theft Reduced IRS Call is a Scam Suspect in Identity Theft Ring Arrested Following Police Chase in Washington State Feds Warn Identity Theft is on the Rise Your Credit isn't the Only Thing ID Thieves Can Steal Prevent Post-Christmas Identity Theft The Unimaginable: ID Theft Victim Mistakenly Labeled a Vicious Cop Killer on the Run ID Theft: 2007 Trends and 2008 Predictions Children Becoming Prime Targets of Identity Thieves Is It Safe to Shop Online? That Depends Mortgage Giant Takes Fraud Warning to YouTube Chicago Man Arrested in Credit Card Skimming at Retail Stores Pittsburgh-based Health Care Network Warns 42,000 About Potential ID Theft After Laptop is Stolen from Home FTC Tells Congressional Subcommittee ID Theft is the Number One Priority New Oregon Law Requires Businesses and Governement Agencies to Come Up with Plans to Prevent Identity Theft Woman Used Identities of Former Employees to Steal Money From Her Employer, Gets Two-year Prison Term for ID Theft Fake Lawyer With Criminal Past Gets Six Months House Arrest for ID Theft and Conning Clients Authorities Investigating ID Theft Ring in Georgia Thieves Make Off With Computers Out of DMV Van Nevada Attorney General Warns of Identity Theft Scam New Report Finds ID Theft in Washington State Much Worse Than FTC Estimates ID Theft and Fraud: The Dark Side of the Web Prosecutors Join Missouri Area Task Force Targeting ID Theft Stop, ID Thief! Five Tips to Protect Your Identity Email Spams May Sound Ridiculous But People Still Fall For Them Identity Theft Solution Still Needed: Social Security Administration Needs to be Involved Former Postal Worker Sentenced to Prison for ID Theft Scheme Guard Your Social Security Card to Guard Your Identity Watch Your Credit Report for Identity Theft Telemarketer for ShopNBC.com and Her Husband Charged in Nationwide ID Theft and Credit Card Scam Myspace ID Theft Scams: What They Look Like, How They Work and How Not to Fall Victim The Story Behind the Swift ICE Raids: How One ID Theft Victim's Life Has Been Turned Upside Down Driver Who Led California Police on High-speed Chase Pleads Guilty to Aggravated ID Theft and More Private Eyes Indicted in Massive ID Theft Scheme Involving HP-style Pretexting Virginia Woman Says State Exposed Her Family to ID Theft When Child Support Order Left at Wrong House Department of Justice Provides $1.7 Million to Help Victims of ID Theft and Financial Fraud Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles Sends Out Letters with Social Security Numbers in them to the Wrong People Stolen Car Had Hundreds of Patients' Dental Records Containing Social Security Numbers Inside Cops in Texas Uncover Crime Ring Involving Drugs and a "Thriving" ID Theft Operation ID Theft Suspect Caught on Camera at ATM Guarding Your Identity: What to Do When Businesses Automatically Request Your Social Security Number Hackers Break Into Duke Law School's Website: Personal Information of Applicants Exposed Police Predict that One Day We Will Have All Fallen Victim to ID Theft Defendant in PIN Pad Swap Ring Sentenced to Six Years in Prison Son's Call to Police Leads to Dad's Arrest on Felony ID Theft Charges Woman Forced to Spend Part of Holiday Season Canceling Orders after Thieves Steal Her Credit Card Information Beware of Callers Pretending to be with the Social Security Administration Bonnie and Clyde-style Jet Setters Nabbed for Credit Card Fraud and ID Theft Don't Let Identity-swapping Grinches Steal Your Christmas ID Theft Suspects Donned Wigs and Scarves in Attempts to Use Stolen Identities New Laws in North Carolina Help to Prevent Drivers from Lying about Their Identities It Looks Like Identity Protection is Up to Us Cybercrime: Are Young People Getting Smarter or is Cybercrime Getting Easier? Identity Theft Leaves Couple Helpless Kansas Man Pleads Guilty to Swindling Elderly Couples in Insurance Scam ID Theft Thriving -- New FTC Report Says Man Who Spent 22 Years on the Lam Finally Admits to Identity Theft Identity Theft Leads Police to Draw Guns on the Wrong Man FTC Releases New Study of Identity Theft Victims Hi-Tech Heist: How Companies Put Your Credit Card Information at Risk from Hackers Watch Out for Latest Credit Card Scam Minors are at Risk for Identity Theft Too College Students Get a Lesson in Avoiding ID Theft Better Business Bureau Reports an Increase in Scams and ID Theft Attempts Holidays Bring Out Shoppers and ID Theft Worries Most ID Thieves Use Low-tech Methods Some Experts Say Cybercriminals and ID Thieves are Turning Their Attention to Mobile Banking ID Theft Victims Being Sued by Family of Women Hit and Killed by the Man Who Stole Their Identities Doctors at Columbia University at Risk for ID Theft Following Security Breach Massive Data Breach Threatens the Identities of Half of the UK's Population New Study Shows the Impact on ID Theft Victims Cybercriminals Becoming More Professional, Going After High-Stake Payoffs Police Say Women Used Their Internet-based Merchandise Company to Commit Fraud with Customers' Credit Cards Former CFO of YouTube Invests in Anti-ID Theft Technology How an ID Theft Ring Operating Across the United States Began to Unravel ID Theft Can Take Victims Years to Repair New York Times: Why Must ID Security Be So Hard? Online Shopping and Identity Theft Police Arrest Man Believed to Have Stolen 1.8 Million Social Security Numbers from the Department of Veterans Affairs Maryland Man Charged in Credit Card Fraud: How His Scheme Put One Merchant Out of Business Identity Theft Trail Leads to Victim's 'Best' Friend UK Identity Theft Coming to America Test Your Knowledge of Consumer Fraud Identity Theft Ring Found Operating Out of Minnesota Hotel Trial Begins for Officer Accused of Identity Theft Mystery Senator Secretly Blocks Effort to Combat ID Theft US Merchants to Lose $3.6 Billion to Online Shopping Fraud Who Profits Off of Debit and Credit Card Fraud Nigerian Scam Adds Fake Traveler's Checks to the Con Tips for Avoiding Identity Theft this Holiday Season Information on Pill Bottles May Pose Medical Theft Risk Colorado Ranks #6 in Identity Theft Missing Laptop Left on Ambulance Bumper Now Puts 28,000 People at Risk for ID Theft Woman Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Using a Stranger's Identity to Buy a House Taking Steps Against ID Theft: Tips on Credit Freezing, File Sharing and Pretexting Hackers Scam Thousands with Ads on Legitimate High-traffic News, Entertainment and Job Web Sites Seventeen People and a Corporation Charged in Global ID Theft Ring Seattle Man Admits to Using Online File-Sharing to Commit ID Theft Identity Theft is Going 'Synthetic' Making it Harder to Capture the Crooks This Holiday Think Credit Freeze The Price Tag for Holiday "Return Fraud" Expected to be $3.7 Billion Identity Theft Ring Victimized Ten NYPD Officers from the Same Unit; Civilian Police Employee Among Those Arrested Escaped Child Molester Faces Identity Theft For Using His Brother-in-law's Identity to Escape Capture for the Last 22 Years 150 Fake ID Cards Confiscated From Suspected Illegal Immigrants During a Traffic Stop in Ohio Students' Identities at Risk Following Three Separate Data Breaches at Montana State University Identity Theft Lands Wrong Man in Jail for Six Days Former Medical Center Employee Faces 22 Years in Prison for Stealing Patients' Personal Information Debit Card Theft Leaves Victim Sadder But Wiser Why States are Resisting the Federal Government's Plan for "REAL" ID ID Thief Claims to be a Minister, Uses Vacant Church Address to Drive Away with a New Car Keeping Your Child's Identity Safe Clerks at an Alabama Lowe's Store Accused of Stealing Customer's Credit Card Information Girl Scout Leader Admits to Stealing Identities of Her Scouts to Get Tax Refunds Feds Issuing Red Flags for Identity Theft Thieves Steal Driver's License Printing Machines at Bureau of Motor Vehicle Offices in Ohio Beware of Social Security Scam Call Email Complaint from FTC's Fraud Department is a Hoax Investigators for Kentucky's Attorney General Go Dumpster Diving and Find Businesses Tossing Out Personal Information Grocery Store Chain Falls for Phishing Scam and Loses $10 Million Identity Theft Takes the Spotlight in Trial of Accused Cop Killer Two NYC Men Claim They Committed ID Theft in Revenge of 9/11 Con Man Gets 13 Years in Prison, Ordered to Repay Millions to 165,000 Americans Scammed in Bogus Credit Card Scheme ID Thieves Using Technology to Stay Ahead of Police and Prevention Cell Phone Applications End Up in the Trash, Expose Customers to ID Theft in North Carolina Art.com's Web Site Hacked: Customer's Alerted About Identity Theft Possibility More than 30 Million Americans Fall for Consumer Fraud With Weight Loss Schemes the Biggest Concern Suspected Con Artist Takes a Gamble and Gets Caught Thieves and Scam Artists Try to Take Advantage of the SoCal Wildfires Could Voice Patterns Be the Key to the Global Fight Against ID Theft? Piggybacking: How ID Theft Has Gone Wireless Identity Theft Risks Rise in the Health Care Industry New Scam Making the Rounds Targets Retirees Victimizing of NY Woman Leads to Arrest of Kentucky ID Theft Ring Leader Ohio Joins Other States in Proposing ID Theft Protections New Court Documents Show TJX Data Breach Worse Than Reported: 96 Million Consumers Impacted Illegal Immigrant Gets Less Than Two and a Half Years in Prison for Selling SS Numbers and Birth Certificates Arizona Leads the Nation in Identity Theft Alumni and Employees of a Utah College at Risk for ID Theft Chicago Transit Authority Worker Accused of Stealing Credit Card Numbers of Customers Applying for a Loan Leads a Man and Police to Realize Someone Else Was Using His Identity and His Credit ID Theft Leads to Wrong Person Getting Arrested Mortgage Company Dumps Files and Invites Identity Theft New ID Theft Study Finds in Many 'Major' Cases Identity Theft Isn't Personal MORE: Who Is Behind The Identity Theft Oregon Credit Unions, Banks Launch New Approach to Fighting ID Theft Income and Identity Theft: Study Finds How Much You Earn Impacts Your Chances of Becoming a Victim Warning to Online Forum Users: Don't Say Too Much Could Accused ID Thief Be a Victim of a Swindle Himself? Identity Theft Victim Says Proposed Bill is a Good First Step Troopers Arrest Alleged Middleman Who Bribed DMV Workers Into Providing Bogus Driver's Licenses to Illegal Immigrants ID Theft Suspects and Victims Had One Thing in Common: They Used the Same Mortgage Company Fraud Tops The List of Concerns for Companies Fears That Filesharing Exposes Computer Users to Identity Theft Has Congress Calling for a Formal Investigation Two DMV Workers and Two Illegal Immigrants Charged in Fake ID Ring Bipartisan Effort in the US Senate Aims to Give Victims and Prosecutors More Teeth Against ID Thieves and Cybercriminals Man Pleads Guilty for Stealing Serviceman's Identity in Order to Get Loans and Credit Cards Major ID Theft Ring Busted in NY - 41 Arrested Manager at Mortgage Office Charged With Stealing IDs of People Who Applied for Loans College Student Whose Identity Was Stolen When He Was a Teen Warns Others of Child ID Theft Criminals Use Any Story to Try to Steal Your Identity Kentucky Man Victimized by Thief Who Broke Into His Home to Steal His Checks College Students - Easy Prey for ID Thieves Illegal Alien Gets Federal Prison Sentence for Identiy Theft Protecting Personal Data By Businesses and Medical Facilities a Major Challenge Poll Shows Public Wants Restricts on Use of Social Security Numbers Salesman Sells Woman a Car, Then Steals Her Identity US Postal Service Launches Campaign Aimed at Fake Check Scam Identity Theft Trial Opens With Name Game You Could Own a Corporation and Not Even Know It: ID Theft Reaches New Heights FBI Warns of Jury Duty Scam That Leads to Identity Theft Medical ID Theft: Don't Just Protect Your Health, Protect Your Health Records Not a Scam: State of West Virginia Actually Sends Out Postcards Asking Voters for Personal Information, Social Security Numbers Doctor's Associates Now Charged in Prescription Fraud Case Concern Over Identity Theft Continues to Grow Laptop Stolen Containing University of Iowa Students Personal Information Vet Dies - Family Discovers Someone Else Already Buried Using His Name and Benefits Stealing the Identities of Children Often Hits Close to Home Students Get a Lesson on How Easily They Could Become Victims of ID Theft IRS Scam Lures People Into Identity Theft Trap We're the Reason Scams Work Consumers Continue to Fall For the Lottery Scam Former Bank Employee Admits Fraud and ID Theft Police in Connecticut Reveal Identity of State Worker Whose Laptop Was Stolen Which Contained Taxpayers' Social Security Numbers How You Can Help Put a Freeze on Credit Card Fraud SEC Fight Against E-mail Spam Appears to be Working University of Texas Quarterback and Coach Both Experience ID Theft 16 Illegal Immigrants Charged with ID Theft and Forgery in Attempt to Gain Employment Recent Survey Shows Americans Doing Little to Stop ID Theft But Pen Maker May Have Solution to Part of the Problem Hospital Housekeeper Admits to Stealing Credit Information from Patients and Running Up Charges Ten Tips to Avoid Identity Theft Credit Card Fraud Jumps to the US from the UK Global Crackdown Seizes Billions in Phony Checks ID Theft: It Can Happen to Anyone Even NYC's Mayor Identity Theft Could Be Just a Mouse Click Away Oregon is Latest State to Enact ID Theft Protections Florida Family Learns First Hand - The Horrors of ID Theft 'Identity Theft King' Dies Leaving Frightening Legacy Credit Card Freeze Helpful But Not a Quarantee against ID Theft Buying Cars With Stolen Social Security Number Helps Expose Illegal Immigrant When Identity Theft is All in the Family Police Say Father Stole His Two-year-old Son's Identity to Buy a Car Identity Theft Suspect Ordered to Pay Restitution Minnesota Launches Statewide Effort to Combat Fraud October Brings Credit Freeze By Choice Not Just Necessity Air Conditioners and Identity Theft? Government Cracks Down on ID Fraud by Illegal Immigrants California Seniors Being Targeted With Toilet-Flushing Scam Phishers Bait Hook With "Verified by Visa" Scam Michigan Considers Tougher Penalties for ID Thieves New $5 Bill Unveiled to Fight Counterfeiters Connecticut Offers ID Theft Work Shops to Public Seniors Advised to Turn Down Offers to Attend Free Dinners and Investment Seminars Florida Sheriff's Department Sets Up Scam Hotline for Seniors Philadelphia Hospital Worker Charged in Identity Theft Ring Targeting Seniors Scammers Use E-cards to Lure Recipients to Malicious Sites California ID Theft Suspect Faces More Charges Beware of IRS Internet Phishing Scam Missouri Attorney General Warns of Lottery Scam Using Bogus Checks from Missouri-based Utility Company Another 6.3 Million People's Information Stolen at Ameritrade E-mail Scams and Identity Theft Remain Problematic Employers Get a Break from "No Match" Rule To Stop Illegal Aliens From Using Fake Social Security Numbers Don't Become an Identity Theft Victim Man Arrested for Using a Dead Man's Identity for 14 Years Fake Money: New 'Black Wash' Scam Called "The Best Counterfeit Scheme" Ever Identity Theft 911 Offers Free Fraud Alerts Convicted Cop Killer Found Guilty of ID Theft Major Lottery Winner Says He's a Victim of Fraud Criminal First: Seattle Man Arrested on ID Theft Charges for Stealing Data Inside File-sharing Networks Clearing an Innocent Man's Name: Cop Killer Arrested and Convicted Under a Stolen Identity Now Goes on Trial for ID Theft Stolen Laptop Sparks New Guidelines on the Use of State Computers in Connecticut "Iceman" Indicted in Large Internet-based ID Theft Ring Medical ID Theft Victims Stuck in Paperwork Nightmare Charges Filed in $428 Million Timeshare Scheme that Targeted Seniors Becoming Aware of Identity Theft Free Lunch Investment Seminars Aimed at Seniors Found to be Full of Fraud Internet Services Create the Next Generation of Fraud Arizona is on the Front Lines of ID Theft and Illegal Aliens Scams Against Seniors Growing Rapidly Pair Arrested for Scamming Senior - Work Never Done Social Security Numbers Abused as National Citizen Identifier Seattle Man Busted for Using File Sharing Service Limewire to Steal Identities New Law Allows Texans to Freeze Credit Reports Pfizer Inc. Informs Employees of Another Security Breach - Personal Information at Risk Montana Secretary of State Victimized by ID Theft New Credit Freeze Law Aims to Put the Freeze on ID Theft in Indiana Another Stolen Laptop Puts Identities at Risk, This Time in Maryland Two High-ranking US Senators Push for More Investigation into Tax Fraud Related to ID Theft A Call to Washington: Make Identity Theft a Priority Police Investigator Becomes Victim of Identity Theft West Virginia Sets Up Hotline Over Stolen Barber and Cosmetologist's Data Mortgage Broker Steals Client's Identity - Now Goes to Jail Most Busted Illegal Immigrants Had Stolen Social Security Numbers Three Men Arrested After Trying to Get $10,000 Loan Using an Elderly Man's Identity Warning Issued Regarding Dangers of Posting Your Resume on the Internet Credit Freeze Can Be An Effective Tool Against ID Theft Chicago Con Artist Scams Millions From Out of State Real Estate Investors New York City Takes Action to Protect Retirees From ID Theft After Laptop Stolen Caught on Camera: Man Stealing Laptop With NYC Retirees' Personal Information on It Federal Court Slaps Down Class-action Suit Brought By ID Theft Victims ID Theft: Seven Unauthorized Credit Cards Opened in My Name A Man's Struggle With Identity Theft Fraudulent-document Industry Will Likely Grow with New Federal Requirements Targeting Illegal Aliens ID Thief Has So Many Bogus Names - Police Don't Know Who He Really Is? U.S. Charges Russian Hacker in Forbes 400 Identity Theft Probe Medical ID Theft Nightmare Criminal Uses Victim's Identity - Victim Gets Arrested Elderly Illinois Man is Scammed by Michigan Couple Who Become Friends Then Steal His Identity TJX Data Breach Illustrates High Danger to Businesses - Yet CIO's Don't Give Adequate Attention to Protecting Data In Minnesota - One of Every Three ID Theft Victims are College Students San Francisco Bank Account Fraud Scheme Cracked - Catching Thieves " a matter of luck" Says Prosecutor Illinois Woman Arrested for Selling Phoney Social Security Numbers to Illegals Woman Gets Long Sentence for Sophisticated Mail Fraud/ID Theft Scheme Thieves Busted Using Stolen Credit Card Information From Highly Publicized TJ Max Data Theft Case Young Woman Victimized When Her Photos are Stolen and Posted on the Internet - It's Visual ID Theft Class-action Lawsuit Claims Apple Store Receipts Raise the Risk of ID Theft Patients of a Florida Dentist Office Put on Alert for Possible ID Theft Patients of an Oregon Medical Clinic Put on Alert for Possible ID Theft Company Says Rural Areas in Montana, North Dakota at Higher Risk for ID Theft 27 Illegal Immigrants from Brazil Arrested in Identity Theft Rings in Massachusetts Stock Scammers Unleash 500 Million Spam Emails You're Not Alone - Hollywood Superstars Also Targeted by ID Thieves Colorado Attorney General Warns About ID Theft Scams in the Form of Sweepstakes Offers Pennsylvania Restaurant That Failed to Mask Credit Card Information on Receipts Settles Class-action Lawsuit with Free Food How Much Prison Time Should a Man Who Stole the Identities of 225 People Get? Pizza Delivery Driver Helps Authorities Bust a Colorado ID Theft Operation A New Law in New Jersey Protects ID Theft Victims From Being Denied Credit Florida Lawmakers Form Committee to Combat ID Theft Web Scam: Pssst... Want to Buy a House? Mortgage-related Identity Theft Could Increase Paper Shredder Highly Recommended for College Students to Protect Identity Massachusetts Enacts ID Theft Law Forcing Companies to Disclose Data Breaches Medical Fraud Increases - Organized Crime Involved Ohio Considers Law to Aide ID Theft Victims Did Ohio Over React to Data Loss? ID Thieves Use Change of Address Forms to Target Victims Data Breaches Costly to Companies The Seven Quick Signs You May Be An ID Theft Victim Lifetime Fitness Company in Trouble for Dumping Customer Records in the Trash Analyst Estimates 15 Million People Will be ID Theft Victims in 2007 Symantec Develops Software to Track Online ID Thieves Law Office Secretary Steals Her Bosses Identity to Open Charge Accounts - Gets Jail Time Baltimore Corrections Officers Charged with Stealing Inmate's Identities Will the US Congress Step Up to Combat ID Theft? Discount Gift Cards Become New Scam on the Web Oakland Grand Jury Indicts 11 criminals for defrauding 260 victims Feds Consider 'Truth in Caller ID Act' Waitress Charged with Skimming Credit Cards Flees Country San Diego County DA Gets $105,000 Grant to Fight ID Theft University of Virginia Issues New ID's Finally Dropping SS Numbers as Main Identification New Service Scans Public Records as Additional Protection Against ID Theft ID Thieft Uses 'Mission Impossible' Character Name to Perpetrate Fraud ID Thieves Find Personal Information on Ohio County's Public Website Criminal Steals Nurse's Identity - Gets Hired at California Hospital as a Nurse Homeland Security Warns About the Dangers of Using Public WiFi Oregon Police Post Photos of ID Thieves - Hoping for Help From the Public ID Thief Changes Her Name Eight Times to Perpetuate Her Crimes Two Out of Five Identity Theft Victims Know the Thief Frightening Story of How One Father Stole His Son's Identity Detroit Woman Accused of $200,000 Worth of Fraudulent Credit Card Charges GAO Says ID Theft - No Big Deal?? Florida College Students Targeted by 'Financial Aide' Scammers Native Kenyans Accused of Stealing Identities of Nursing Home Residents - 17 Arrested, Hundreds Victimized Suspicious Motel Manager Alerts Police to ID Theft Ring Synthetic Identity Theft Harder to Track ID Theft in the Work Place a Growing Concern Some Ohioians Not Happy With State's Response to Stolen Personal Data ID Thieves Present Problems for Small Town Police Departments Survey Reports - People Have Major Fears of Identity Theft Al-Qaida Infiltrating America as Patients Illegals Gravitate to Increased Use of Stolen Social Security Numbers Woman Charged Who Sold Social Security Numbers to Illegal Aliens Colorado D.A. Blames Meth Use for Rise in ID Theft Expert Recommends Immediate Filing of Police Report if You Become ID Theft Victim Ohioians are the Latest to Suffer a Data Loss - Via Stolen Laptop Computer Laptops Pose a Growing of Identity Theft Risk Massachusetts Lawmakers Reach Agreement on Wide-reaching ID Theft Legislation Plea Deals Discussed for Couple Who Stole Identities Including Those of Actress and Pop Star "Wigged Out" Identity Ring Busted Washington State Begins Crusade to Fight ID Theft Hospital Worker Steals Patient Information - Sentenced to Probation Retired Postal Worker Fights ID Theft - When His Identity is Stolen A Former City Council Member is Arrested for ID Theft Company's Liability is High if Data is Stolen and Used in ID Theft German National Steals ID of Utah Man - Then Commits Multiple Crimes Over Many Years Phishing Scam Designed to Look Like Friendly E-mail Greeting Credit Card Thieves Use Charities to Verify Card is Still Active Company Disputes Government Report on Danger of Data Breaches Security Breaches Give Universities a Lesson in Protecting Identities Illegal Immigrants Turning to ID Theft as Employment Checks Strengthen Woman's Stolen Identity Not Easily or Quickly Remedied Flood Victims Warned about "Storm Chasers" Out to Scam Them A Girls Scouts Council in Colorado Loses Personal Information in Theft of Tapes A Lot of Data Breaches, Not a Lot of Fraud "Landmark Legislation" Now Helps People in New Mexico Fight ID Theft California Woman Sentenced to Ten Years for ID Theft, Meth Possession IRS Warns of New Scam Florida Woman Finds Victims of ID Theft Can Be Treated Like Criminals Themselves Identity Theft Could Mean Deportation for Man in Iowa Police and Residents in Pennsylvania Deal with the Crime of the 21st Century: ID Theft New Jail-house Scam Gives Inmates Control of Your Phone Washington Attorney General Launches Multi City Anti-ID Theft Campaign IBM Loses Data in February - Now Informs Employees of ID Theft Risk Arkansas Sheriff Reports Con Artists Visiting Elderly and Claiming to be Medicare Representatives Visa Upgrades System - Increases Collection of Personal data South Floridians Being Victimized by Medical ID Theft Illegal Workers Turning to ID Theft More and More Protect Yourself from Identity Theft - for Free Scamming the E-mail Scam Artists Home Care Nurse Accused of Stealing ID of Her Elderly Patient FBI Issues New Warning About 'Jury Duty Scam' Insurance Agents Believed To Be Swindling Elderly With Alternate Medicare Plan Georgia Thieves Steal Credit Cards to Buy Prepaid Cell Phone Accounts The Wall Street Journal Publishes the 'Complete Identity Theft Guidebook' Two Arizona Men Convicted in Elaborate Porn-Spam Scheme Oregon Advances Bill to Require Businesses to Notify Customers of Data Breaches Teens Place Themselves at Risk for ID Theft Man Who Defrauds Seniors in Real Estate Scam Gets 20 Year Sentence Ohio Woman Steals Her Own Mother's Identity Texas First Bank Warns Customers of Possible Data Loss ID Theft Suspect is Really the ID Theft Victim Ohio Governor Says Stolen Tape Has Information On a Quarter Million Taxpayers FTC Now Warning of ID Theft Scam Targeting Families of MIlitary Serving in the Middle East More Potential Victims Identified After ChoicePoint Inadvertently Sold Their Data to Nigerian Crime Ring Bodyguard to the Stars Sent to Jail for "Borrowing" Co-worker's Identity Tips for Protecting Yourself from Online ID Theft, Scams and Malware Synthetic ID Theft: Making it Harder to Find Out You are a Victim The Battle against Court Identity Theft Children and ID Theft: Does Your Child Need a Credit Report? Debit Card Fraud Puzzling Police and Victims Missing Texas A&M Flash Drive: High Tech Brings Benefits and Risks Washington County Zeroes in on Rise in Identity Theft Reality of ID Theft is Not Like Satirical TV Commercials Beware of New Scam on Craigslist Five Ways Small Businesses Can Prevent Fraud Security Expert Hired to Try to Determine True Impact of Ohio Data Breach Related to Car Break-in Former Soldier Returns Home to ID Theft, Credit Problems, a Criminal Record and Garnished Wages to Support a Child That Isn't His Rules to Prevent Credit Card Fraud May Cut Off Your Next Fill Up at the Gas Station Sweepstakes Scam Coming to a Mailbox Near You Man Sentenced for Stealing Attorney's ID and Using it to Practice Law Identity Theft: Advice from the FTC Chairman Scam Artists Pretending to be Social Security Employees Targeting Senior with Phone Calls "Wig Lady" Thief Admits to Stealing IDs and Using them to Commit Bank Fraud Authorities Believe ID Theft Ring in Missouri Set up Phone Service for Prison Inmates Task Force Releases Photos of Suspects Planting ATM Skimming Devices FBI: More Than One Million Computers Targeted with Botnet Schemes Stolen Laptop Leads Police to Home Filled with ID Theft Materials Career Con Man Gets Out of Prison - Now Headed Back After Defrauding An Elderly Man Illegal Aliens Prey On Innocent Children - By Stealing Their Social Security Numbers Illegal Aliens Busted in Portland - Most Had Stolen Social Security Numbers University of Virginia Announces - It was Hacked and Personal Information was Stolen Thurston County, Washington Creates Special Team to Investigate ID Theft Alabama Senate Fails to Act on Legislation to Help Prevent ID Theft Hawaii Jury Convicts Professional Con Man - Faces 20 Years Jail Time Oklahoma Official Warns Seniors About Health Care Fraud Scam Artists Follow the Money - Seniors Prime Target of Telemarketers Phoenix Police Bust ID Theft Ring - By Accident Nevada Seniors Scammed in Latest Securities Swindle Illegal Immigrant Allegedly Buys Another Man's ID from an Employment Agency Red Cross Continues to Warn about Scam Targeting Loved Ones of Military Members Serving Overseas A Security Freeze Can Protect Credit But Takes Some Time to Thaw Miss New Mexico Uses Title to Raise Awareness of ID Theft Top Anti-fraud Tips for ATM Users Identity Theft: How Major Corporations May Be Exposing Your Private Records Without Knowing It ID Theft Allegations Haunt Founder of ID Theft Protection Service Eight Month Investigation Leads to Arrests in Maryland for Nearly 100 Fraud and Theft Charges Florida Attorney General Warns About Price Gouging and ID Theft as Hurricane Season Begins Identity Theft and Credit Card Fraud Shake Consumer Confidence in Merchants Jury Duty Scam Now Found in 11 States Lottery Scam Targeting Seniors in Texas New Mexico Attorney General Beefs up Battle against ID Theft Targeting Seniors New Twist in ID Theft: Career Fraud Fake Social Security Cards and Alien Registration Cards Lead to ID Theft Charges IRS Warns Taxpayers about E-mail Scam Top US Spammer Charged With Fraud, ID Theft and Money Laundering Will Indictment of Spam King Lead to Less Spam? EZCorp Settles ID Theft Issue Involving Trashed Social Security Cards in Texas Five Indicted in ID Theft Ring that Tapped into Hundreds of Bank Accounts Feds Finally Bust 'King of Spam' on Multiple Charges Gas Station Criminals Steal Debit Card Info From 500 Customers - $600,000 Stolen ID Thieves Target Military Families in Latest ID Theft Scam Survey Shows Most Americans Feel Vulnerable to ID Theft Infamous ID Thief Shares Top Ten Tips to Avoid Becoming an ID Theft Victim Three Charged in Huge ID Theft, Phone Fraud Scheme that Stole Millions International Effort Forms To Take on Credit Card Fraud Substitute Teacher Accused of Stealing ID of Fellow Teacher Check N Go Stores Sued by Texas Attorney General for Creating ID Theft Risk Secret Service Cuts Back on Fraud and Cybercrime Investigations The Straight Facts on Identity Theft Revealed Reverse Mortgages Next Problem Area for Fraud Arizona Credit Card Theft Scam Nets Half a Million Dollars for Thieves A.G. 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Cyber Fraud Costing Retailers Millions Kentucky Police Warn of Door-to-Door Solicitor Scam Teens Increasingly Becoming Targets for Identity Theft Criminal Identity Theft Haunts Victims for Life Two Controversial Bills Aim to Reign in ID Theft Nationwide South Carolina Drug Bust Reveals Identity Theft Ring BBB Warns Vacationers: Travel-related Fraud is on the Rise Scam Artists Try to Cash in on Vancouver Olympics Nampa, Idaho Police Force Creates Task Force to Pursue Fraud and ID Theft Cases Pennsylvania Focuses on Criminals who Target Seniors Victim Details How Phoney Lottery Scams Con Seniors Police Detective Criticizes Short Sentences for ID Thieves Ghana Man Accused of Bilking Senior of $500,000 Temp Employee Steals Identities of Co-workers Insurance Companies Unite to Battle Growing Fraud Claims Victim Caught in Endless Cycle with ID Thief Union Sues TSA Over Loss of Data on Employees Fear of Identity Theft Discourages Consumers From Banking Online Massachusetts House Passes ID Theft Bill Morgan Stanley Settles Fraud Charges for Misleading Investors Texas Attorney General Sues EZCORP for Exposing Customers to Identity Theft A Simple Traffic Stop Leads Cops to an Identity Theft Ring States Offer Consumers New Tool to Thwart ID Theft Grave Robbery: How to Stop the Identity Theft of the Dead Email Scam Targets Credit Card Customers New Website Focuses on ID Theft Help Small Oregon Town Ponders High ID Theft Rate Arrest Made in Sophisticated Stock Swindle and ID Theft Scam Massachusetts Joins States Offering ID Theft Protection ID Theft is Fastest Growing Crime in the U.S. Having a Common Name Increases Your Risk of ID Theft Don't Become a Scam Victim Mayor Becomes Identity Theft Victim ID Theft: What to do if You're a Victim Job Seekers Caught in the Act of Resume Fraud Man Believed to be Kingpin of International ID Theft Ring Arrested in California Penn State Student Charged with ID Theft Identity Theft: Paypal vs. Credit Cards, Phishing vs. Credit Card Fraud Kansas Issues Alert on Medicare Phone Scam Scam Artists are Phishing for Your Personal Information Russian Men in US on Work Visas Accused in ID Theft Scheme JetBlue Workers Charged in ID Theft Scam Free Puppy Scam Muzzled The Newest Ways Criminals Steal Your Identity Tennessee Passes New ID Theft Legislation Invvestigators Dismantle Organized ID Theft Ring Operating from Florida to New Jersey Six Cities Targeted for Illegal Immigration Document Fraud FTC Details List of Top Scams in 2006 Raise Fraud Alert For Peace of Mind from Identity Theft Scarred Fingertips Give Away Key Fraud Suspect ID Theft May Land Victims in Jail BMW Giveaway Really is to Good to be True Teaching Teens Tips to Prevent Identity Theft Critics Say White House ID Theft Plan is Soft on Industry Task Forces Aim to Cut Down on ID and Other Document Fraud Value of New ID Theft Task Force Guidelines - Questioned Airline Employees Committing Credit Card Fraud ID Thieves are Cleaver and Move From Town to Town Investigator says Early Detection is Best Practice in Fighting ID Theft Credit Monitoring May Not Detect Social Security Number Theft Caught on Camera: ID Theft Suspect Bolts Out of Courtroom Warning: Scam Artists May Use Virginia Tech Shooting to Solicit Donations Government Adds ID Theft Web Site as Part of Strategic Plan to Fight the Growing Crime Illinois Attorney General Warns of New Scam Using the State Lottery's Name China Stock Scams on the Rise President's Task Force Unveils Plan to Fight Identity Theft $3 Million Lost in Credit Card Fraud Ring Operating in Restaurants in Several US States Credit Card Skimming: How You Could Unknowingly be Helping Fund a War CyberAssassination: Web ID Theft Victims Complain About a Lack of Enforcement Only 62% of ID Theft Victims are Notified by Their Financial Institutions CVS Pharmacy in Hot Water for Throwing Customer Information in the Dumpster Los Alamos National Laboratory Warns Employees of Possible Identity Information Compromise Oregon Legislature Creates New Penalties for 'Aggravated Identity Theft' Organized Crime Behind Some ID Theft Operations CVS Pharmacy Becomes Latest Retailer Cited for Exposing Customers to ID Theft Social Security Numbers of Los Alamos National Laboratories Employees Posted Online Victims of ID Theft Should Get 'Verification Passport' to Help Clear Their Names Identity Theft Could Ultimately Threaten 60 Million Financial Aid Students Counterfeit Traveler's Checks Tied to Internet Scam ID Theft Ring Run From Prison Targets Emmy-award Winning Animator Scam Artist Pretending to be Police Officer Targets Elderly ID Theft Expert Affected by Major Retail Data Breach Shares His Advice Beware of Lotto Scam Using Goodwill's Name Banks Must Come Clean on True Impact of ID Theft How to Become ID Theft Proof in 60 Minutes or Less Sweepstakes 'Winner' Offers Valuable Advice Identity Theft, Tax Fraud All in One Digital ID Theft is More Common Than You May Think With Tax Deadline Looming, Don't Let Web Scam Steal Your Refund Even Death is No Defense Against ID Theft Don't Dial '809' Scam Artist Idenity Theft Scam Linked to Jury Duty Here's How to Avoid Identity Theft Social Security Administration Worker Charged in $2.5 Million ID Theft Scheme A 17-Year Nightmare of ID Theft Finally Results in Criminal Charges Fears of Identity Theft and Fraud Grow Using Stolen IDs to Apply for Tax Refunds an 'Easy Way' to Make Money Identity Theft in the UK Soars 70% in One Year Hospital Employee Pleads Guilty to Stealing Patient's Identities Nevada Woman Victimized in Sophisticated Check Fraud Scheme Couple Resorts to Fraud to Obtain Family Home California Holds Third Anti-Identity Theft Summit No Charges Filed in Case of Employee Harassing Co-worker by Stealing Identity Nevada Ranks Second in Nation in Identity Theft ID Theft Ring Discovered in NYC If You're a Victim of ID Theft, Don't Just Take it, Fight Back! TV Show Host Pleads Guilty in $20 Million Bogus Art Scam Another Laptop Theft: Chicago Public Schools Employees at Risk for ID Theft Olympic Gold Medalist Admits to Fraud Scheme in New York City Men Charged with ID Theft In Saudi Cattle Sale Scheme Idaho ID Theft Ring Busted - Home Searched Washington State Passes ID Theft Law - Joining Other States Taking Action Police Crack ID Theft Ring After Routine Traffic Stop Wife of South Carolina State Senator Falls Victim to ID Theft Illegal Alien Sentenced for Stealing Army Sergeant's Identity Credit Card Skimming Hits Bay Area Residents Bogus Credit Card Scam Steals $12 Million from US Consumers Seven Ways to Prevent Identity Theft Jackson Hewitt Begins Internal Tax Fraud Review Man Gets 4 Years for Running ID Theft Ring - Meth Tied to Crimes University of California San Francisco Faces Possible ID Data Breach Arizona Leads the Nation in Identity Theft Complaints Medical ID Theft on the Rise - Couple Victimized by Prescription Drug Addicts California Nurse Found Guilty of Healthcare Fraud - Stole over $3 Million Thieves Attach Skimmers to Backs of ATM Machines to Record Data We All Worry About Safety of Our Information in the Hands of Corporations State of Texas Suing Radio Shack for Exposing Customers to Possible ID Theft The Human Impact Felt By The TJ Maxx Credit Card Breach Man Arrested in Nevada With Stacks of Blank Credit Cards, Blank Driver's Licenses and State Seals from 3 States Internet Fraud Adds Up to $198 Million in 2006 Offline Fraud Continues to Flourish in an Online World Man Accused of Scamming Elderly Wins $2,100 on Lottery TV Show "Custom" Phishing Increases Your Risk of Identity Theft Woman Suspects Postcard Warning of ID Theft is Fraud White House E-mail: An Identity Theft Waiting to Happen? US Internet Fraud, Led by the Nigerian Scam, at All-time High Restaurants Focus on Security to Stop Bank Card Fraud How E-filing Can Expose ID Theft ID Theft Evolves: Phishing, Vishing, Malware, What's Next? Charity Official Faces Fraud Charges in Raffles that Raised $1.9 Million Utah is #1 in Mortgage Fraud TJ Maxx Identity Theft Worse Than Originally Reported: 45.7 Million Card Numbers Stolen Teens Are Fastest-growing Group Targeted by ID Thieves Thanks in Part to Internet Use Majority of ID Theft Victims are Age 40 and Older Employee Fraud Hurts Businesses of All Sizes Seven Tips for a Scam-Free Tax Season FBI Investigating the Number 6 Home Builder in the US for Potential Widespread Fraud Ten Things Businesses Should Do To Protect Against Identity Theft Multi-million Dollar Insurance Fraud Case in Michigan Expands New Report - Online ID Theft Sky Rockets in 2007 Woman Repeatedly Victimized by ID Thief - Police Won't Help California Has Been Selling Social Security Numbers for $6 - It's True! Doubts Persist Regarding the Ability of the Government to Help Stem ID Theft Men Use Tax Information to Steal Identity California's Secretary of State Web Site Exposed Citizens' Social Security Numbers to ID Theft Study Finds More Students Facing Identity Theft Bank Manager Arrested in Multi-million Dollar Check Fraud Case Police Arrest Suspects in Big Florida ID Theft Ring Federal Task Force Focuses On Ways to Keep Social Security Numbers Away From Thieves ATM Card Scanner Case Involved Romanian Mastermind Utility Worker Charged With Stealing Customer's Identity ID Theft is #1 Consumer Crime in America Illinois Department of Transportation Hit With ID Theft Concerns Victim Fighting Criminal ID Theft for Years The New Crime in Town: Medical Identity Theft To Fight ID Theft: A Call for Banks to Disclose All Incidents Men are The Biggest Victims--and Perpetrators--of Internet Fraud Online Registration Open for 2007 California Identity Theft Summit Family of Scam Artists Going Door-to-door Police Warn of Scam Hitting Home Owners ID Theft Sometimes Comes From Those Closest To You Internet Security Threat Report: ID Theft Economy is Maturing Online Auction Fraud Tops Computer Crime Complaints Scammers Have New Fraud Scheme Targeting eBay Users Oakland City 'Employee Of The Year' Accused of Identity Theft ID Theft Alleged Inside Sheriff's Office - Clerk Being Investigated Computer Hardware Stolen From Birmingham VA - ID Theft Worries Mount Attorney's Former Secretary Perpetrates ID Theft Against Him Tax Time Can Expose You to Identity Thieves Chiropractor's Employee Steals Patient Data - Police Find Meth Ties to Crime Stockton Police Had Out Flyers to Warn Residents of Auto Break-in / ID Theft Link ID Theft is Fastest Growing Crime in Corpus Christi Your New ID-theft Worry: Photocopiers Should You Buy Identity Theft Insurance? IRS Warns of Fake Tax Websites Man Accused in Financing Terrorism Wanted in US Fraud Case That Targeted Christian Congregations Hackers from India Indicted in US Securities Fraud Cape Girardeau Resident Tells Troubling Story of Becoming an ID Theft Victim Feds Indict Suspects in India in Sophisticated Stock Fraud Scheme Cops Nab ID Thieves Using Vacant House as Drop Point Bank President Gets Jail Term for Fraud and Embezzlement Theft of Children's Identities Make Up 5% of ID Theft Credit Card Fraud is Most Frequent Form of ID Theft in Wisconsin 200 Criminal Gangs Responsible for Spam and Phishing Attempts Insurance Agent On Trial for Scamming Customers How High Tech ID Thieves Really Work Identity Thieves Targeting Children This Tax Season Watch Out For the Audit Scam New Law Helps Prosecute Identity Theft in Colorado Beware: Mortgage Fraud Is 'Operation Spamalot' Leads SEC to Suspend Trading of 35 Companies California Couple Charged in Art Scam that Bilked Buyers Out of $20 Million Confident You Won't Be a Victim of Investment Scams? Think Again Don't Let Your Business Fall Victim To Identity Theft Fort Worth SEC Office to Focus Efforts on Fraud Against Seniors Co-worker Steals Employee's Debit Card - Nabbed by Surveillance Video Tennessee Joins List of States Pushing ID Theft Protections Attorney Pleads Guilty in Funeral Fraud Case Mississippi Legislature Joins Other States in Offering ID Theft Protections Knoxville Police Look for ID Thief Hitting ATMs With Victims Cards Law Firm Investigated for Worker Visa Fraud Police Report Reveals Social Security Numbers - ID of Witness is Stolen Coordinated Effort Needed to Reduce Identity Theft Arrests of Illegal Aliens Show How They Steal Identities to Get Jobs 1 in 6 Canadians Hit By Identity Theft Seniors - Prime Targets For Everyday Scams College Student Tells Troubling Story of Being ID Theft Victim Man Loses Wallet in Bar - Quickly Learns the Dark Side of Identity Theft Woman Steals Identity of Another Criminal and Ends Up in Jail Colorado Considers Legislation to Curb Identity Theft T.J. Maxx Customers Urged to Monitor Their Credit Reports After Data Theft Report Claims ID Theft Declined Slightly Montana Joins List of States Taking Action Against ID Theft New Credit Card Scam Targets Trusting Travelers Identity Thief May Be Closer Than You Think Mom Admits Using Kids in Retardation Scam US Soldier Scam Offers Some of Saddam's Millions Jury Scam Hits 10 States - Victims Caught Off Guard Florida Brothers Sent to Prison for Running Ponsi Scheme on Seniors Florida is Top State When it Comes to Senior Fraud Theft of Mail Worries San Antonio Residents Investment Advisor Charged With Bilking Seniors Out of $2,000,000 Colorado Ranks 6th In Identity Theft Woman Tells Personal Story of Identity Theft Surveillance Video Leads to ID Theft Arrest Ever Heard Of The Sticky-note Scam? Guardsman Admits To Stealing Identities of Recruits and Committing Bank Fraud The Heavy Price of Identity Theft Data Fraud Cost Could Be Passed Onto Retailers Warning! - Tax Filing Practices Create Opportunities for ID Thiefs Meth and ID Theft Continue to be Closely Tied Woman Steals Identity of Another Woman Who Shares Same Name Rural Residents Face Rise In Identity Theft Phishing Scam Using Google Map To Find You Hotel Scam Targets Credit Card Data Illinois Zip Code Hotbed for ID Theft Laptop Stolen: 7800 Patients of a Texas Hospital System Warned of Possible ID Theft Better Consumer Protection Needed to Prevent ID Theft Criminals Break Into Home to Steal Credit Cards and Blank Checks 60% of Sweepstakes Fraud Victims Are Seniors The Link Between Meth and Identity Theft Business Executives Are Latest ID Theft Targets New York, California & Nevada Rank Highest in ID Theft Oklahoma Criminals Use Stolen Credit Card Numbers In Phone Re-sale Scam Southern California Doctors Accused of $12 Million in Medicare Fraud Suspected Insurance Fraud Ringleader Turns Himself In Chinese Man To Hang For Ant Scam Seniors Warned About Lottery Scam Better Business Bureau Spoofed In Phishing Scam Cupid Accused Of Stealing Ex-girlfriend's Identity Bank CEO: At Least One Customer Struck Each Day With ID Theft Man Involved In Fraud Schemes Believed To Be Responsible For 1994 Murder Highest Rates of Identity Theft Are In New York and Western States ID Theft Tops FTC List of Complaints in Report for 2006 Oregon Considers Creating A New Crime of 'Aggravated Identity Theft' Alert Hotel Employee Tips Police to ID Theft Ring California Judge Hands Out Tough Sentence to ID Thief - 21 Years Debit Card Fraud On The Rise This Valentine's Day Beware of The Phony Florist Scam Animal Lovers Be On The Lookout for Canine Con Feds Go After Companies Involved In Healthcare Fraud Benefits of Credit Account Freeze Questioned Deed Scam Sells Homes Right Out From Under Real Homeowners Without Them Knowing Stay-at-home Mom Accused of Running Identity Theft Operation Out of Her Home $435 Million Multistate Medicaid Fraud Settlement Announced Seminary Student Implicated In Financial Fraud One Month Before His Ordination Watch Out For Gem Show Counterfeits Putting a Freeze on Identity Theft Consumers Bilked of $1.1 Billion in 2006 Beware of Online Watch Scam Huge Worker's Comp Fraud Scheme Unravels in Florida Police Say Identity Theft Ring Involved Mortgage and Escrow Companies Tax Time Makes Laptop Computers Especially Valuable To Identity Theives Lawyers, Doctor Among Ten Accused In Auto-accident Scam Idenity Theft Tops Consumer Complaints Check Scam Offers Millions, Gives Nothing Katrina Fraud Could Hit $1 Billion Special ID Theft Unit Created At County Level Wisconsin To Establish Tax Identity Numbers For Residents - Anti ID Theft Effort Missouri AG Targets Firms Sending Deceptive Mail to Seniors Conman Bilks Elderly Woman Out Of Her Life Savings State Legislators Angered By Data Loss - It Was Their Data Extreme Case of ID Theft - Criminal Takes Over Honest Citizen's Life Arkansas Legislature Moves Forward With ID Theft Penalties Funeral Director Accused of Defrauding Elderly of Prepaid Funeral Costs Wisconsin Lawmakers' Become Victims of ID Theft ID Thieves Hit Pay Dirt At California Recycling Center Resume Fraud: 40% Lie About Qualifications Potential Web Scams: What You Need To Know Americans Lose $49.3 Billion to Identity Theft - But Vigilence Is Helping More States Move to Give Consumers Power To Fight Identity Theft New York, Miami, Los Angeles: Top Fraud-friendly Cities in the US Former Mayor Literally Stole the Election Some States Are Slipping On Medicaid Fraud Beware of the Lottery Scam Don't Fall Victim To Scholarship Scams Loan Scams Victimize Consumers Throughout The United States and Canada ID Theft Top Consumer Complaint In Illinois For First Time Two Out Of Five ID Theft Victims Know How Their Information Was Stolen Woman Faces Scam Charges After Claiming Grandson Hurt In Tornado Officials Break ID Theft Ring With Romanian Link Former Bank of America VP Indicted on Credit Card and Bank Fraud Data Stolen From Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield - Customers Warned Routine Police Stop Leads To Bust Of Bay Area ID Theft Ring More Arrests Expected In Boston Area Mortgage Fraud Scheme Restaurant Worker Accused Of Racketeering And Identity Theft - Stole Customer's Credit Card Numbers Seniors Are Prime Targets Of Con Artists Sophisticated Canadian Bank Fraud Gang Busted Mexican Man Indicted For Stealing Social Security Number Nursing Home Aide Steals Social Security Numbers of Residents California Police Uncover Huge Identity Theft Scam Small Police Departments Don't Investigate Credit Card Theft - Police Chief Magazine Dedicates Issue to ID Theft Stolen Data From T.J. Maxx/Marshall's Customers Leads To Fraud Nigerian Scam Just Won't Stop Electronic Medical Records And Identity Theft Could Compromise Your Care Massachusetts' A.G. Says Chance Of Catching Credit Card Crooks Is Next To Nil McAfee Report Points To Increase in Keylogging Data Thefts Nationwide Insurance Customer Info Stolen - Central Ohio Customers Impacted Do You Know The Top 5 Scams Against Seniors? Arizona Eyes Tougher Penalties For Mortgage Fraud New Arkansas A.G. Focuses On ID Theft Hidden World of Stolen Credit Cards Revealed Local Police Warn Residents After ID Theft Case Massachusetts A.G. Says Odds of ID Thieves Being Caught - "Slim to None" Real Estate Agent Steals ID's of Clients - 3 Million Taken Estranged Husband Charged With ID Theft - Steals $49,000 Canadian Expert Says Risk Is Low After Data Theft Vehicle Identity Theft Hits Central Califormia Coast College Students Become Key Target of ID Thieves Farfetched Tales of Government Agents and Sick Kids Scam Parents Out Of $1 Million More Banks Offering Free Help For ID Theft Victims Attorney General Becomes Victim of Identity Theft MySpace Users: Get Better Passwords Credit Card System At T.J. Max Hacked By Criminals Meth Bust Tied To ID Theft In Texas Case KB Home Co. Warns Customers Of Possible ID Theft Issue - Company Computer Stolen Medical Identity Fraud Not Well Understood By Public eBay Is Prime Target Of Fraud - Focuses On New Security Effort Jail Inmate Defrauds Church And ID Theft Victims From Behind Bars Federal And State Legislators Support Anti-ID Theft Legislation Texas Police Find ID Theft Ring During Meth Bust University Student To Be Deported After ID Theft Conviction Missouri A.G. Receives 90,000 Consumer Complaints in O6 - Seniors Targeted Three Cincinnati Men Charged In Federal ID Theft Ring Case Keylogger Fraud Increases 250% - Phishing Attacks Escalate 100 Fold Oregon Dentists Scammed In Fraudulent Order Scheme California Thieves Target Business Computers To Steal Identities Legislation May Force Companies To Act If Data Is Stolen Drivers License Center Break-in - No Evidence Of Stolen Identities - Yet Do's and Don'ts For Protecting Your Identity Edentify CEO Addresses Theft Of Children's Identities New York City Joins Program To Crack Down on Medicaid Fraud Scam Artists Phoning Seniors To Defraud Them In Medicare Scheme Picture Spam To Take Over Internet - Fraud Is A Key Component Terrorists Victimize Soldier In Odd ID Theft Twist 'Phishers' Go After Credit Union Members In Michigan ID Theft Ring Busted - Piles Of Stolen Mail Found Young Man Charged With Stealing His Grandfather's Identity Companies Move Slowly To Adequately Protect Confidential Data Virginia To Consider ID Theft Protections For Consumers Criminals Move To Check Fraud As Credit Card Theft Gets Most Attention Federal Task Force Seeks Ideas From Public on ID Theft 2006 - The Year Security Breaches Got Lots Of Publicity Man Steals ID of Ex-Wife & Commits Vindictive Acts University Teaching Assistant Uses Phishing Scam to Con Colleagues Some Banks Now Using Identity Quizzes To Combat ID Theft Medical Identity Theft Can Kill You Jury Duty ID Theft Scam Continues Across U.S. Colorado State Football Player - Guilty in Sophisticated Bank Fraud Scheme New ID Theft Prevention Laws Goes Into Effect In Pennsylvania Overseas Credit Card Theft Taps Victim for 10K New California Law In Affect To Protect Seniors From Fraud Man Gets Longer Sentence For ID Theft Under Colorado's New Guidelines Theft of Children's ID's On The Rise! For $60 a Thief Can Buy Your Health Records Detective Honored For Cracking Major ID Theft Operation Arkansas to Pursue Legislative Fixes to ID Theft / Meth Problem Court Case Raises Questions About Over Billing Among Law Firms Congress to Probe Issues Involved In Fixing Credit Mistakes Illegal Alien Bust Continues to Raise ID Theft Issues Don't Fall For It: Jury Duty Scam On The Rise Online Scam Cons Hundreds Across The United States Mexico Time-share Scam Bilks Investors Out of $400 Million Federal Identity Theft Task Force Seeks Public Comment New ID Theft Protection Laws Go Into Effect in Hawaii Kansas Man Used Phoney Driver's License to Open Bogus Credit Card Accounts Illinois Warning About Medicare D Fraud Fraudulent Health Products are Rampant on the Internet--FDA Finds The Year of the Data Breach MySpace Is Fun and Games Until Somebody Steals Your Identity Change in Fraud Laws Needed to Battle Electronic Thieves Should Feds Focus on Identity Traffickers? Data Thefts at UCLA Raise ID Theft Questions ID Theft and the Potential for Terrorists Retailers Tighten Return Policies to Control Fraud Merchandise - Return Fraud Plagues Retailers After Christmas Mother Goes to Jail For Stealing Her Daughter's Identity ID Thief Who Targeted Professional Ball Players Also Sought ID's of Dead Children Just Out of Prison - Criminal Returns to Identity Theft - Now Back in Jail Seattle Traffic Stop Leads to ID Theft Ring Bust Utah Woman Charged With Providing Hundreds of Illegal Aliens With SS Numbers Online Payment Fraud Costs US and Canadian Businesses 3 Billion in 2006 Man Steals Pro Baseball Player's ID by Dumpster Diving Meth Addicts Target Raytheon Employees in Arizona for Identity Theft Beware of New Gift Card Scam Social Security Administration Warns of E-mail Scam Two Navy Men, One Civilian Charged in Identity Theft Scheme Former U.S. Bank Fraud Investigator Pleads Guilty to Fraud New Mexico Banks Warn of Cashier Check Scams Buyers of Elderly Life Insurance Policies Raises Concerns of Fraud Victim Recounts Nightmare of Having SS Number Stolen by Illegal Alien Family Member Often Responsible for Stealing Children's Identity Sex Offender Tries to Steal Identity - So He Can Move to Oregon and Hide His Criminal Past Illegal Aliens Appear in Court - Charged with Identity Theft California Police Officer Charged with Workers-Compensation Fraud Illegal Aliens Steal the Identities of the Dead Illegal Alien Gets Job at Texas Federal Building Using Stolen Identity Burglary in Cincinnati Puts 25,000 Health System Patients at Risk Woman Loses Subsidized Health Care After Her Identity is Stolen Newpaper Finally Figures Out There is a Link Between Illegal Immigrants and ID Theft Credit Card Thieves Sell and Share Information Daily Online ID Thieves Crack UCLA Computer System and Steal Students Confidential Information Major Illegal Immigrant Bust Sheds Light on Massive Theft of U.S. Citizen's Identities Protect Yourself from Medicare Fraud ID Theft Top Scam in Vancouver British Columbia California Issues Tips for Avoiding Holiday Identity Theft 4 Million Britons Fall Victim to Idenity Theft Mississippi Sheriff Urges Merchants to Check ID's Before Cashing Checks New Details on Wesley Snipes Tax Evasion / Fraud Case Alaska ID Theft Kingpin Busted - Up to $500,000 stolen ID Thief Faces Prison for Breaking Into Cars and Stealing Credit Cards Wheelchair Fraud Scheme Lands Doctor in Federal Prison Tucson ID Theft Ring Busted--40 People Victimized ChoicePoint ID Theft Victims to Get Reimbursement for Losses Online Shoppers Vulnerable to ID Thieves ID Theft Reports Triple in North Carolina International ID Theft Ring Tied to Moscow Bank Dad Steals the Identity of His Own Son Proliferation of Passwords Increases Risk of Identity Theft 'Jury Duty' Identity Theft Scam Resurfaces in Arizona Danbury Police Warn Seniors About Active Phone Scammer ID Theft Ring Members Indicted in Sophisticated Denver Crime Operation Wisconsin Hospital Worker Charged with Stealing Patient Identities to Apply for Credit Cards You are Never Too Young to Be a Victim of Identity Theft Telling Fact From The Fiction of Internet Hoaxes and Urban Legends Mail Box Thefts and Car Prowls Lead to ID Theft Arrest Eight Indicted for LimeWire Identity Theft Auto Investigation Leads to Surprise ID Theft Bust New Web Site Designed to Help ID Theft Victims Texas Man Scams Victim Claiming He Can Secure Early Prison Release Senior Pastor at Charlotte Church Defrauds Congregation of 750-Thousand Dollars Florida Commissioner Issues ID Theft Warning Criminals Get Tips From TV Shows Like CSI ID Thieves Move Into Mortgage Fraud Software Available to Protect You if Your Laptop is Stolen Identity Theft Warning Goes Out for Holiday Season Foreclosure Fraud Victimizes Those Suffering Financial Hard Times Stolen Computers in Indiana Pose ID Theft Risk for 7,500 Women Canadians Not Protecting Themselves Against Identity Theft Stolen Laptop May Not Pose Security Risk to 9,500 Pilots Utah Couple Charged with Money Laundering in School Fraud Scheme Online Resumes Can May You Target for Identity Theft This is Identity Theft Season So Beware Britain Has Emerged as The Card Fraud Capital of Europe Conneticut Governor Steps Up Efforts to Fight ID Theft Boston Police Bust Multi-level ID Theft Ring Ohio Inmate Found Running Identity Theft Scheme Behind Bars W-Fi Users at Risk of Having Information Stolen - Unprotected Use of Networks is High in UK Identity Theft is a Serious Immigration Issue Many Seniors Scammed In Florida Storm Shutter Con Widespread Criminal Scheme Used Information from Hospital Billing Service to Steal Identities Identities Sold to Illegal Aliens Cause Troubling Situations for Victims New Software Helps Manage Passwords to Minimize ID Theft Every Student's Social Security Number Accidently E-Mailed Out by College Administrator Criminal Get 11 Years for ID Theft and Bank Fraud Conspiracy Reporter Easily Finds Stolen Credit Card and PIN Numbers on the Internet The Latest Twist on Identity Theft is Using Stolen Health Plan Cards to Get Medical Care Richmond Task Force Cracks Down on Id Thieves - Many are Repeat Offenders ID Theft Reporting Company Uses Cell Phones to Alert Victims Woman pleads Guilty to Stealing the Identifications of In-home Patients Under Her Care Secret Underworld of Internet ID Fraud Revealed Illegal Immigrants Steal Identities of Children to Get Jobs at Wisconsin Factory - Plant Owner Arrested Unlocked Vehicles Source of Stolen ID's in Minnesota Arrest Widely Used Data Security Solutions Have Been Found Useless 'Catch Me' Con Man Says Identity Theft is Easier Now N.Y. Stock Broker Gets Long Sentence for Defrauding Seniors Security Guard Convicted of Stealing Identities of Federal Employees Mortgage Scams Increase Dramatically in 2006 Junk Mail Leads to Increased Identity Theft Risk Identity Theft and Meth Use Can Turn Into Violent Police Confrontations Lawyer Who Defrauded Seniors Gets 14-Year Prison Sentence Stolen Id's Used in Major Detroit Cell Phone Fraud Scheme Hacker Steals Social Security Numbers by Hacking into the City of Lubbock's Website Landlord On Trial for Stealing the Identity of an Elderly Tenant New Yorkers Can Freeze Credit Files and Block Unauthorized Access to Credit History Former Government Security Guard Convicted in Identity Theft Ring Identity Theft Threatens MySpace Users ID Thieves steal Identities of U.S. Soldiers Serving in Iraq Recycling Your Old Computer Can Lead To Identity Theft Young Boy Used in California Elder Fraud Scheme Organizations Band Together to Protect the Elderly from Fraud U.K. Security Experts Predict a Frightening Trend in Identity Theft Identity Theft Safeguards are Needed Even After Death Hooters Restaurants Moves Credit Card Payments to Your Table to Reduce Risk of Credit Card Fraud Credit Card Information Stolen At Michigan Gas Stations Motel Workers Busted in Illinois ID Theft Scheme - Guests Credit Card Numbers Stolen FBI Cracks a U.S. - Poland Identity Theft Ring - Arrests Made in Both Countries Inmates Detail Their ID Theft Schemes From Kansas Prison Identity Theft Suspect Caught Using Stolen Identity to Pay for Liposuction MasterCard Tackles PIN-Based Debit Card Fraud Savannah-Chatham Police Focus Efforts on Identity Theft Cases 20 Charged In Florida ID Theft Ring That Used Muggers and Burglars to Steal Identities Woman Gets 6 Years In Prison For Identity Theft in Denver Identity Theft Victims 'To Double By 2010' in the UK Identity Theft Laws Go Into Effect Today In New York State Computer Theft Places 1.4 Million at Risk for ID Theft in Colorado Respected CEO is Charged with Identity Theft - Stealing Employees Identities New York State Residents Get New Powers to Fight ID Theft Password Theft Key Element as Identity Theft Grows in Israel LimeWire File Sharing Software Linked to Identity Theft Pyramid Scheme Targets African-American Churches Medical Fraud Causes Montana Nursing Home to Close Shredmobile Provides a New Way to Protect Against Identity Theft Florida Takes Action Against Mail Fraud Aimed at Seniors HHS to Fight Fraud with E-Health Records - Hopes will Cut Bogus Payments Maine AG Says Seniors are Prime Targets of Fraud DMV Worker Involved In ID Theft Scheme Identity Theft Soon to Become a Pandemic Criminal Assumes Dead Person's Identity Report: Food stamp fraud widespread Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA Washington — Food stamp recipients and retail stores illegally exchange hundreds of millions of dollars in benefits for cash instead of food, congressional investigators said Friday… Three Charged in Michigan Identity Theft Scheme Consumer Affairs - USA The office of Attorney General Mike Cox has filed charges of identity theft and conspiracy to commit identity theft against a trio accused of pilfering telephone records by using the identities of nursing home patients… Insurers target identity theft Charlottesville Daily Progress - Charlottesville, VA, USA Fraud hard to repair after criminals steal credit — Identity theft is evolving. Identity thieves are stealing medical information and having surgeries performed under false names. The matter is further complicated by doctors’ patient confidentiality policy… Fast-Growing Medical Identity Theft Has Lethal Consequences San Diego Business Journal - CA, USA Crime Affects 200,000 Victims a Year, Feds Say — From a Boston psychiatrist who submitted false bills to insurance companies, marring the medical records of several patients, to a Florida woman who found an impostor had led a hospital to record a false blood type causing a potentially fatal error, experts say medical identity theft is becoming more pervasive…