About Identity Theft

Identity Theft is when someone steals your personal information to open accounts, purchase vehicles, apply for loans, credit cards, social benefits, establish services with utility companies, rent apartments, receive medical attention, commit crimes and more all in the victim's name without their knowledge.

"Victims of ID Theft are now, GUILTY until proven innocent."

Most Americans and officials don't realize that there are 5 types of Identity Theft. We must be aware that Identity Theft is not necessarily about your credit. Over 70% of Identity Theft is CRIMINAL!

According to Market Watch identity thieves are hitting the jackpot from computers files stored at chiropractor, accountant or doctor office, dentists, CPA, and insurance companies and many others.

Your identity is being bought and sold on the black market, on the internet, in parking lots, at flee markets and other dimly lit locales and if it were a stock in a company.

85 percent of all identity theft victims find out about the crime only when they are denied credit or employment, contacted by the police, or have to deal with collection agencies, credit cards, and bills.

YES! Innocent people have been arrested and sent to JAIL in front of families, friends, and co-workers for crimes they didn't commit. .

FACT: 27,000 (reported) victims a day spend over 600 hours, 60 pounds of documents and around $1,500 (does not include attorney fees) to fix what thieves took only hours to destroy their FUTURE.

"They're not after your money, your equipment, or your inventory. A new breed of criminals wants the personal information you keep on consumers, suppliers and employees. And if you loose it, you'll wish they went for the cash." -Alberta Venture, Oct. 2005

DID YOU KNOW? 2006 data breach reports of more than fifty million records each: January 9, 2006, Atlantis Hotel (Bahamas) - 55,000 records January 12, 2006 People's Bank (Connecticut) - 90,000 records January 25, 2006 Providence Home Services (Oregon) - 365,000 records February 9, 2006 Unknown Retail Merchants (Approx.) - 200,000 records February 15, 2006 Department of Agriculture - 350,000 records March 3, 2006 Metropolitan State College (Colorado) - 93,000 records March 23, 2006 Fidelity Investments (Boston, MA) - 196,000 records March 30, 2006 U. S, Marines (Monterey, CA) - 207,750 records March 30, 2006 Georgia Technology Authority - 573,000 records April 24, 2006 University of Texas (Austin, TX) - 197,000 records April 24-May 4, 2006 Ohio University (Athens, OH) - 362,480 records May 19, 2006 AICPAs (New York, NY) - 330,000 records May 22, 2006 Department of Veteran Affairs (Washington, DC) 30,700,000 records May 24, 2006 American Red Cross (St. Louis Chapter) - 1,000,000 records May 30, 2006 Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corp - 1,700,000 records June 1, 2006 Ernst & Young (UK) - 243,000 records June 2, 2006 Buckeye Community Health Plan (Columbus, OH) - 72,000 records June 2, 2006 YMCA (Providence, Rhode Island) - 65,000 records June 11, 2006 Denver Election Commission (CO) 0 150,000 records June 14, 2006 AIG Insurance Group (New York, NY) - 930,000 records June 14, 2006 Western Illinois Univ. (Macomb, IL) - 180,000 records June 29, 2006 Nebraska Treasurer's Office (Lincoln, NE) 309,000 June 29, 2006 Minnesota Dept. of Revenue (St. Paul, MN) - 50,400 July 5, 2006 Bisys Group (Roseland, NJ) - 61,000 records July 7, 2006 Naval Safety Center (U.S. Navy) - 100,000+ July 17, 2006 Vassar Brothers Medical Center (Poughkeepsie, NY) - 257,000 records July 18, 2006 Nelnet Inc. (Lincoln, NE)  - 188,000 records July 18, 2006 CS Stars (Subsidiary of Marsh, Inc Insurance, Chicago, IL) - 540,000 records August 4, 2006 PSA HealthCare (Norcross, GA) - 51,000 records August 6, 2006 America Online (nationwide) Unknown number of records August 9, 2006 U.S. Department of Transportation - 132,000 records