Is Identity theft on the rise?

Question

http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=5521706

http://wcbstv.com/seenon/scam.identity.theft.2.788875.html

How much will this cost the consumers?

The companies say they've suffered major losses. "damages at more than $130 million dollars, including legal settlements with shoppers whose bank accounts were raided with stolen debit and pin numbers"

Some say illegal aliens commit the most identity theft, whats going on here?

Answer 1

ID theft is rampant among illegal criminal aliens.

Answer 2

Nope. The kind of identity theft that illegal immigrants commit is not the kind that influences the economy. Think about it, would an illegal immigrant risk bringing attention to him/her by, say, trying to get money from an atm on a fake id? Dont think so. The kind of identity theft that affects us is the kind commited by fat, overweight nerds who cant work for their own money.  

Answer 3

YES!

Arizona is #1.

Cause:

Illegal Mexicans!

In one month of running credit checks I saw the same SS# 4 times.

Belongs to a 4 year old kid.

I ran another illegals credit and background:

35 warrants out of Texas for a white blond lady.

Answer 4

illegals steal our social security numbers and our names.. they are not responsible for the smarter criminals even though these criminals will probably be teenage hackers.. lets wait and see.

Answer 5

well it does seems than some do not quite get than IF the main problem were the undocumented using the identities of others that problem in particular could be easily fixed by creating a system in which people do not have to steal or use invented identities in order to be able to feed their families . they do not get either than while they worry about the undocumented real Terrorist and the kind of thieves which could really cause damage anyone's lives could be trying to exactly doing so .

i personally find fanatical anyone who after being shown the kind of damage those individuals can , could and do cause  has nothing better to say than the undocumented are the real problem when it comes to identity theft , i mean the immigration issue is not as hard to fix if the USA only gave the OPPORTUNITY to the undocumented and many of those who oppose them to being here have clearly stated than deporting them all would take many YEARS , so why not enact a solution in which most undocumented would willingly fix their identity situation in DAYS and would expose ( NOT IN YEARS ) those who could cause real damage to any person in any place of the world and which could even help terrorist abroad which could destroy whole cities if they could only get money in the USA .

this is a matter of the NEED  to do what we have to do FAST not in YEARS we could use to defeat real thieves and terrorism anywhere it may be . It is a matter of caring for real for America and the lives and living standards of the Americans .

Answer 6

the mafia and other organizations have realised that identity theft is the quickest way to make  money and are organizing themselves to do so.

it is easier than steal or paper counterfeiting. and harder to track information. it can go on unnoticed for a long time when kids ides are stolen and their social security number is used.

it isnt the aliens

but the organized criminal system that has learnt the the computer age has handed them things on a plate.