Identity Theft. Don't Make This Mistake.

Although there is now a greater awareness of identity theft and associated fraud than a few years ago, people are still too complacent about the problem and need to be more vigilant.

Although identity theft has been made a criminal offence in the USA, this is not the case in the UK. The Police investigate a very small number of cases because identity theft or fraud is not yet a criminal offence. Consequently, we are targeted by organised crime and terror groups who use identity theft as a means of involvement in illegal immigration, benefits fraud, drug running, sex offences, and wholesale fraud against the public and the State.

If you become a victim of ID theft in the UK you are going to have to do a lot of the work of restoring your good name yourself, because the law, as it stands, tends to view the bank, or credit card company or merchant as the ‘victim’ as they are the ones who actually incur a financial loss. Your name may have been compromised, and your ability to gain credit, or credit at competitive rates of interest diminished or rendered impossible, but the financial institutions lose money, so they are seen as the true victims. Unfair, but the reality at the moment.

The biggest mistake anyone can make, is in thinking that it won't happen to them. It can happen to anyone, anywhere.

To minimise your chance of becoming a victim of identity theft, you should habitually follow the tips given on this website to protect your personal information.