Internet Security ABC - Fighting Identity Theft

Fighting Identity Theft

Fighting identity theft is one of the harder things anyone will ever do in their lifetime. If you are not a victim of identity theft, act like a paranoid schizophrenic with your personal information, otherwise you are at risk. No offense to those souls suffering the element, but in this article you might find it to your likings, since I am about to give you credit for an ailment that many misunderstand.

A paranoid schizophrenia often feels like someone is out to get them and they will often guard their life and belongings to great lengths. In a sense, these people make perfectly good sense, since someone is out to get us all and that someone is thieves that are stealing identity each day. Those that go through great lengths to protect their belongings and persona may appear

sick to a degree, but when you sit down and think about it, these people are correct in this level of their behaviors.

This is a sensitive topic for me, but on the other hand I have strong convictions on the subject that I feel can benefit anyone. As a victim of identity theft, I can tell you first hand that once your identity is stolen you know longer care about your belongings, persona, or if anyone is out to get you. In a sense, identity theft is worse than rape. Since when a person is raped they often seek counseling that helps them to cope with the trauma, yet when a person experiences identity theft after fighting for years to learn who they are in the first place, it all seems purposeless in the long range.

When you become a victim of identity theft, you are not a survivor anymore, rather you are a victim that struggles for the rest of your life wondering if you are going to get in trouble for no reason, or if some new stress will occur that will set you back thousands of miles. In other words, if someone steals your identity and commits a crime you are subject to arrest and could be tossed in jail. If you are a victim of identity theft, you never know what bill you will be paying next. Do not think the credit bureaus will help you out when debts mount on your reports, rather they merely put a statement behind the debt stating: disputed, fraud alert, resolved, et cetera. The remarks behind the debt only make creditors think that you disputed a charge for an apparent reason. The fraud alert will make them wonder if you are a criminal and the resolve alert will let the creditor know that you have paid the debt or so they assume. The world is filled with minds of assumptions that lead us nowhere, thus credit bureaus will only cause stress to an already existing over stressful situation.

If you rely on the authorities to help you out when you become a victim of identity theft, then you are wasting your time. From first hand experience, I can tell you the Government, Law Enforcement, and other sources that fight identity theft are of very little support and help. On rare occasion's perpetrators of identity theft are apprehended, but on more cases than not the perpetrator continues stealing identities while using yours in the meantime.

Identity theft is a crime; however, perpetrators are so swiftly articulated that it will take more than the force we have now to battle this on-going war of identity theft.

Therefore, if you have not become a victim of identity theft, act like a paranoid schizophrenia with your information. Even at home, you should conceal your information so that no one can gain access. Personally, if I was married I would probably be reluctant to give out my information to him at this point. The last remark should be disregarded, because trusting your spouse is part of loving your spouse, however, identity victims often feel insecure throughout the rest of their life, even when it comes to loved ones.

The feeling of becoming a long-lived victim is nothing short of dying; therefore protect your identity, since thieves are in all corners of the world.

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