Article on identity theft - Identity theft resource center

Article on identity theft - Identity theft resource center

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America's college campuses are the subject of news articles on identity theft. ID theft fraudsters exploit the known carelessness and financial naiveté of college students through attacks on university files as well as online sites lacking information security mechanisms.

Identity theft protection for college students remains virtually non-existent as credit industry marketing firms flog new available credit over the internet as well as send out a weekly avalanche of direct mail credit card solicitations. Unaware of identity theft shield issues, your typical American college student receives weekly fresh credit offers from myriad credit card companies, banks, merchants, service companies and so on.

A college student can quickly and unwittingly become an identity theft victim. Tapping into an identity theft resource center is very helpful. Criminals know full well that ID prevention is difficult when all college students must disclose their social security number and date of birth data on college applications, as well as future course change applications. The opportunities for identity theft prevention on the campus lessen further when you realize that college students often are required to post their social security number when utilizing debit cards at the college cafeteria or even when ordering takeout foods from local restaurants and fast food outlets.

Within the university, identity theft prevention is at best a "porous" filter based entirely on chance and good will. Far too many persons, including other students, have access to personal data files, therefore continuously tempting nefarious persons to execute an identity theft on an unsuspecting student. A cross section of identity theft "entry points" within the university include central administration records, local book stores, restaurants and businesses, professors and assistants, mail carriers, and residence staff.

College students increasingly join the identity theft victim data pool, which now purportedly impacts over 10 million Americans since 2000. Crime rates for identity theft and fraud targeted against college students may exceed the 80% increase experienced by the general population in 2002 to 2003. Lacking financial experience, the college student may not monitor credit card bills to verify expenses and purchases, thus allowing the identity theft criminal to quietly plunder the account for months before detection occurs.
Nearly 90% of identity theft and fraud cases at the universities or within the general population occur without detection for months and even years before the identity theft victim discovers the fraud. In most cases, identity theft detection by credit institutions is "too little too late". Worse for the college aid identity theft victim is that she or he will not only have a seriously impaired credit history during the important early-adult years, but the commercial identity theft impact may take hundreds of hours and lawyer's expenses in order to purge the fraud from the identity theft victim credit history.
The credit industry and law enforcement have demonstrated a woeful response record in terms of preventing identity theft on the campuses and across American society. If you believe that commercial identity theft has occurred in your financial accounts, then continue to use this web site for important resource information. Additionally, you might learn more about identity theft prevention and credit history repair strategies by linking to Identity Theft Resource Center or Privacy Rights.

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