tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913143473082500114.post7747990127659637474..comments2008-08-08T08:21:43.603-07:00William Morrisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09679044599000737422noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913143473082500114.post-34012379597290342822008-08-08T08:21:00.000-07:002008-08-08T08:21:00.000-07:00William,<BR/>Again, tbank you for pointing that out. I encounter a lot of misinformation and of course misunderstanding of what identity theft is. There are so many forms of this crime that I have to catagorize them into 5 major types in order to show the breadth of the set of crimes we call identity theft.<BR/>1. Financial<BR/>2. SSN<BR/>3. Chatacter and criminal<BR/>4. Drivers' license<BR/>5. Medical<BR/>Within each type as you know there are myriad subtypes of methods and schemes. Then there is re-aggregation of data where the stuff is sold piecemeal and resold. Most of the press goes to financial ID theft for a couple of reasons I believe. First, even though financial ID theft only accounts for about 30% of the reported cases it is the single largest category simply because of the immediate payout to the thieves. Secondly, I truly think the proliferation of "solutions" oriented products heavily advertized by private sellers and banks lead to public into a false sense of the crime and how to protect from it. I ran into a guy recently who told me flat out that since he signed up with "Liplock" they can prevent him from ever becoming a victim of ID theft. That is not an uncommon feeling.<BR/>Thanks for what you do.<BR/><BR/>JohnJohn Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15220821369172645158noreply@blogger.com