It is the hot crime of the 21st century – and YOU are the target. Sophisticated super-hackers are turning identity theft into a multi-billion-dollar criminal enterprise, plundering data about ordinary people from alumni directories, ATM machines, credit cards, tax returns and myriad other sources.<\/p>\n
The massive scams are costing American businesses and consumers more than $47 billion a year, according to the Federal Trade Commission.<\/p>\n
Rings of international terrorists, money launderers, and petty street thieves are in the business, according to Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau and other law enforcement officials.<\/p>\n
“How the information is stolen – high-tech or low-tech – is one thing, but what happens in the end is just as important; how the information is used and the impact on the victim, or credit card companies and other businesses,” said Aaron Karczmer, chief of the Manhattan district attorney’s identity theft bureau.<\/p>\n
Nearly 10 million American identities are hijacked a year, with more stolen worldwide, according to the FTC.<\/p>\n
Theoretically secure databases with personal and credit information on millions of American have been penetrated recently, including the Polo Ralph Lauren customer list.<\/p>\n
“It’s not just the money lost, but the time it takes for a victim to clear their credit and get their identity back,” said Dave Foley, of the Identity Theft Resource Center.<\/p>\n
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