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Released: December 05, 2012
Identity theft’s youngest victims
Source: Michelle Singletary, Washington Post (Free Registration)
As a parent, you teach your children about stranger danger.
But there’s a different kind of perpetrator kids need to fear — the friend or relative who might steal their identity and damage their credit history years before they’ve had a chance to establish it themselves.
Experts have long warned adults that they need to protect their personal information from crooks who fraudulently obtain such data. Using stolen Social Security numbers or credit cards and other financial information, identity thieves buy cars, get cellphones and open new credit card accounts.
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