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Child Identity Theft

These days, there are as many child victims of identity theft as there are adults. Children make for the ideal target not only because their clean credit history but because it is likely to be years before the damage is discovered. Though it is possible for a child's personal information to be gleaned from such places as insurance forms and similar records, the perpetrators of child identity theft are often more close to home. Unfortunately, the vast majorities of these crimes are committed by parents, a guardian or close relative of the child. As many will agree, having one's identity stolen is hard enough; the added element of having it done by what is supposed to be a trusted family member only adds further insult to injury.

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