What You Need To Know About Computer Identity Theft To

What You Need To Know About Computer Identity Theft To Protect Yourself

You look at your watch, realizing that you are almost late for work. Without meaning to, you drive through a red stoplight. A quick gasp, turning your head left and right, you check to see if anyone noticed.

Just as suddenly, the red and blue flashing lights are reflected in your rear-view mirror. Oh no, you sigh; as you realize the policeman that is pulling you over was an observer to what you had just done. You hope that he lefts you off with a warning so that you can still make it to work on time.

What you dont realize is that you have been a victim of criminal identity theft and someone has stolen your identity. Slowly, the officer approaches the window of your vehicle. He politely asks for your drivers license, inquires as to whether you know what he stopped you and then returns to his own vehicle.

All the while you silently pray for a traffic warning rather than a violation. As he runs your drivers license through his dispatch support, a warrant for a crime that you know nothing about comes up. As you wait, you realize another police car has pulled up behind the original...