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Lesson 5:
Identity Theft

What is identity theft?

  • Whenever someone else uses your identity, to either commit fraud or some other criminal activity…that is considered identity theft.
  • Identity theft can be of a financial nature, where your identity is used to defraud you or others of money, or of a criminal nature, where your identity is stolen so it can be used to carry out some criminal act.
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