Identity theft is becoming a very big problem in the United States. Identity theft can occur through the internet, telephone, receipts, and credit card statements. This information is also becoming more readily available through the growing technology. The perpetrators can find the information in your garbage, hacking into your computer and many of other ways. There are ways to prevent identity theft by taking precautions like shredding receipts that have account numbers on them, do …showed first 75 words of 309 total…

…showed last 75 words of 309 total…day. It is very important that you are not careless with receipts, report stolen cards immediately, be careful with your social security number and all of your personal information. As you do your part the government is using its recourses to intercept the criminals. We have a long way before we can put an end to identity theft, but we are on the right track to finding the solution. http://www.fightidentitytheft.com/identity-theft-laws.html