Identity theft is the act of impersonating someone else on a computer system, for malicious purposes - i.e. without their knowledge or consent.
Questions tagged [identity-theft]
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Is a full name and address all that's needed for identity theft?
It seems knowing a person's name and address is pretty much all that's needed for identity theft, no?
Couldn't those two variables enable one to pose as another person successfully? Given so, it makes it much, much easier to steal someone's identity…
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Is a company's dark web search really effective at proving my info is not there?
Prompted by this question. My take is that the security companies and banks that offer identity protection services use the phrase "dark web" as a scare tactic to get you to subscribe. And then when they say they don't find your info in the dark…
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Website asks for my identification card - Is it safe?
I want to register to a site (something like Steam that you can add money and buy later) and for the registration to be completed, it asks for a photo to be taken with my phone of my identification card (with my ID number and personal details like…
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Making PII worthless
I've had a thought rolling around in my head for the past few years about Personally Identifiable Information or PII.
Identity theft is a big business* for the bad guys. They make tons of money off the back of poor schmucks who either inadvertently…
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Car registration paper stolen from glovebox, what kind of scams are possible?
I carelessly left my car unlocked, and it was searched by trespassers in the night. They only took the registration and insurance card (Ohio, United States). This seems strange to me, as these things aren't really useful to anyone, except possible…
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Is accidental credit card fraud possible?
If a credit card transaction appears on your account, that you did not authorize, does it have to be fraud or could it be a glitch? For example, could the magnetic strip on someone else's card be corrupted somehow and going to the wrong account?
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A fake Snapchat account has been created in my name
A fake Snapchat account has been created in my name, and it is currently being misused.
How can I figure out who created it? Going to the cyber cell is a big task. I just want to know how I could get hold of the fake account's IP address.
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Is it safe to send my id photo for verification
Is it safe to send my ID photo and me holding my ID photo to a site(BitSkins). My intetions were to buy some skins for games, but they asked for verification so can they missuse my identity ?
Stefan
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Snapchat identity theft
Someone has created a fake Snapchat account using my exact name. They added several of my friends and sent them snapchats using pictures of me from my instagram account . How can I find the orientation of the account ?
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If I gave someone my personal info willingly, can you get the police involved?
I recently gave a guy I met over the internet my bank account information and my social security number, even though I know it is stupid. Then he wired money from my account to western union.
Can I get him arrested?
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what if someone has my wrong social security number?
If a thief gets ahold of my name and address, but has the wrong social security number, (say it's off by one digit) will this protect me?
They may try to open an account in my name, and there's a risk that someone would be stupid enough to "correct"…
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Someone tries to impersonate me on Snapchat
Someone has created an account in Snapchat with my picture and email address but a different name.
Can you please let me know what to do about it
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