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Identity Thieves Targeting Children

By Steven Rodriguez

With the prevalence of identity theft, adults have become wary about providing personal information over the phone, on the internet and at stores. But few worry about someone stealing their children’s identity. Children don’t carry ID or have bank accounts or credit cards or jobs. They seem unlikely victims of identity thieves. But many American children do have social security numbers and that’s what thieves are after. Between 2005 and 2007, more than 34,000 cases of identity theft among people under age 18 were reported to the Federal Trade Commission. “I think we just see the tip of the iceberg,” said Linda Foley, founder of the Identity Theft Resource Center in San Diego. “We don’t know how deep this problem goes...continue to full post

Full post as published by LA Criminal Defense Blog on September 29, 2008 (boomark / email).