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Identity Fraud Crisis

A person doesn't know that his identity has been stolen just by looking in the mirror.

By Susan L. Maloney | Updated on November 28, 2007

I woke up this morning and didn’t feel like myself. Then I looked in the mirror and didn’t recognize the person staring back. OMG! My identity had been stolen!

Of course, a person doesn’t know that his identity has been stolen just by looking in the mirror. Usually he finds out when he is turned down for a loan because of unpaid bills he knew nothing about, or when bills for service he did not order appear along with charges for unknown purchases on his credit card. Unfortunately, this has become a common problem. More than 9.3 million people were affected in 2006. What are you going to do?

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