The use of false or stolen identities provides a means of committing fraud, illegal immigration as well as posing a threat to electronic commerce.

It can include:

• Somebody using your credit card details illegally to make purchases over the internet or telephone.
• Having your entire identity assumed by another person to open bank accounts, take out loans, make tax returns and conduct other business illegally in your name.

Identity theft can happen easily. Most often you will not even know you are a victim until well after the fact.

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