How Does Identity Theft Occur?

Identity theft is a serious crime where identity criminals will steal your information and use it for their personal gain.

Here’s how thieves get a hold of your info…

• Finding documents in trash cans and other places that contain credit card numbers, account numbers, and other personal information
• Getting information from lost or discarded computers, mobile phones or wallets
• Stealing checks, credit cards, debit cards, passports, driver’s licenses, or skimming the information from card readers to create new cards
• Stealing information from personal computers using malware or spyware
• Pretending to be trusted organizations to obtain personal information and/or financial information through the mail, telephone, text messaging and email

And more.