How people steal your identity. Your Name, Social Security Number, and Address are all that an identity thief needs to steal your identity. If they have one of your passwords, phone number, or email that is just a bonus for them . One in One Hundred If you know 100 people it is likely one of them will get their identity stolen this year. It can take you years to get the problems you will have fixed if your Identity is stolen. There are a lot of black websites that will store your name, address, and Social Security number. They might have your phone number and email address also. Identity Thieves will continuously contact you any way they can to try to get you to sign into their fake website. Often they will pretend to be your bank like Wells Fargo or Chase or Amazon to get your password. Once they have access to any account they will try to steal from you. Sometimes they will open up new accounts or other times they will try to use one of your accounts for which they have
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