236.com: Identity Thieves - Forgotten Victims Of The Financial Crisis

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First Posted: 11-22-08 12:12 PM   |   Updated: 12-23-08 05:12 AM

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As recently as 2006, identity theft was still considered one of the most lucrative fields of non-violent crime for computer literate Americans to get into. But with so many Americans losing their homes and drowning in debt, stealing the right identity has become much trickier. A single social security number was once guaranteed to clear an I-thief tens of thousands in fraudulent credit. But today I-thieves find themselves spending most of their time trying to pay down their victims' foundering mortgages or meet the huge monthly minimum payments on their victims' 30% APR credit cards.

Where do they turn for a bailout?

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As recently as 2006, identity theft was still considered one of the most lucrative fields of non-violent crime for computer literate Americans to get into. But with so many Americans losing their home...
As recently as 2006, identity theft was still considered one of the most lucrative fields of non-violent crime for computer literate Americans to get into. But with so many Americans losing their home...
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