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Kids New Targets For Identity Theft

// January 31st, 2006 // Security & Privacy

Thieves are increasingly exploiting the identities of children to gain fraudlent loans and credit cards, according to a blog article by Daniel Solove.

Solove writes:

“My guess as to why kids are increasingly targeted is because in many cases, it would take a lot longer for the identity theft to be discovered. Many people learn that they are an identity theft victim when they seek to obtain a loan or credit card — something kids don’t often do. And parents often don’t think that they need to be checking their children’s credit reports, but perhaps they should be.”

Insulating kids from everyday ugliness is difficult enough. I guess we can now add “regularly checking their credit report for signs of identity theft” to the list…

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