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Breanne Prestage, a senior political science major, had her identity stolen two weeks ago. She said she suspects the thief obtained her information through the Internet....

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Paul

posted 4/12/07 @ 10:34 AM CST

At first I thought this was about someone who was born with two faces.

Bert

posted 4/12/07 @ 1:19 PM CST

Great article! Very informative and well-written.

Sonia M. Allan

posted 4/16/07 @ 12:59 PM CST

ID Theft has risen rapidly. A few cases made headlines, just seven or eight years ago. This crime is now an industry. It is difficult to catch all of the criminals and even now some industries/companies do not take the protection of personal information as seriously as they should. The protection of the employee files, the security of the insurance information, banking info and so forth needs to be the highest priorty.

The young lady in the story has had a fortunate outcome from her quick discovery of the problem and her fast action. Most of the time the victim makes the shocking discovery well after the fact and many illegal transactions have already taken place. The government organization that is the authority in this area is the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, D.C.

Sonia M Allan, The Integrity Center, Dallas, TX
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