States faulted over privacy breaches

Who is watching out for your Identity? The government? Think again….

Excerpt – “Tax forms were sent out to thousands of people in Wisconsin with their Social Security numbers on the mailing labels. A vendor hired by the state of Georgia lost a computer disk with the names and Social Security numbers of 2.9 million people. “

Click here for original story published by Associate Press -

Another Link from msn.com -

http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/ticker/article.aspx?feed=AP&date=20080428&id=8551789

Taxpayer loses $34,000 refund to false filer

An Identity Theft Victim in Bellevue, WA says someone else received her $34,000 tax refund, in California, after they fraudulently filed her tax return.

Source – Seattle Times: Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Original Story Link - http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/eastsidenews/2004364880_bellevuefraud22m.html

ID Theft – The growing epidemic

Welcome to this site IdTheftNews.wordpress.com.

I will be listing all the articles around the media, showing the growing epidemic problem of Identity Theft. Most people thing that stealing some ones Social Security number or Credit Card(s) is Identity Theft. Unfortunately, that’s only one side of ID Theft, Financial.

However, there different types of ID Theft -

1. Financial
2. Drivers License
3. Social Security
4. Medical
5. Criminal and Character Identity Theft.

I wish to educate everyone about every type by providing the articles around the media on what is happening already with ID Theft.