Identity Theft

Identity theft - also know as identity fraud, ID theft and ID fraud - is fraud perpetrated by a criminal who assumes someone else's identity in order to profit illegally.

There are different types of identity theft

• True Name Identity Theft
• Account Takeover Identity Theft.

In simple terms, someone pretends to be you in order to sign up for goods and services in your name - or they may simply use your details to access your already existing bank and/or credit card accounts.

You will probably be completely unaware of this until you receive a bill for something you haven't ordered or your credit card statement arrives with a number of high value purchases of which you have no previous knowledge.

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