Identity theft

Till today the world has been changing, people change ,technology changes work becomes much more organized and structured , Identity is a must to survive here for just about anything , and that’s how we identify each other and it also portrays what kind of person you are in the society.
What if your identity is misused by another? Today we could not even get a place to live without a proper identification.

Well for some people there is always an easy way to earn money and an easy way to success, they use others ,or break the law by cheating innocent people and even the government with regard to identification and documentation. There are millions out there who travel around the world cheating people in but carrying the identity of an innocent person , so each day many innocent people get into trouble with such people who cheat using their name.

Identity theft is very common on the internet , people forge signatures and hack accounts to have access to money , documentation and private content , they completely ruin the life of the public , Banks were the most affected by such identity thieves , they appear as another person and fool the authorities

Fake passports and licenses are another vast area where identity theft takes place
And by this they completely cheat the government authorities by paying taxes to get such legal documents. The internet is infested with such cheats who create fake accounts , identification cards or profiles to have access to just about anything they need , mostly money. The government has imposed new methods of tracking down such people who cheat, but yet they find various other sources out and cheat the public. People also sell fake products and services online using a well reputed name or an identity and finally the company or the individual gets held up for such activities, in this way not only do they benefit from cheating others, they also put innocent people into trouble.

What are the forms and where do they occur?

Identity theft happens mostly in financial sector, banks and other institutions get cheated off large amount of money by someone who uses the identity of another person who has access to the bank. Over the internet people hack into accounts of banks to transfer money illegally from another person’s account. Government and other public places where identity is required to have access to something or even travel out of the country, which is a serious criminal offence.