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This afternoon, we eavesdrop as the son introduces his soon-to-be in-laws to his less than Ozzie and Harriet parents.

43% of identity theft occurs from a stolen wallet, checkbook, credit card, billing statement, or other physical document.

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Case #812 - False Tax Returns

case 812 Over a three-year period from 2005 to 2008, identity thieves in Arizona filed more than 1900 false tax returns, adding up to close to $4 million. The thieves used the names and Social Security Numbers of more than 1900 different people, many of them deceased. The investigation involved the IRS, FBI and U.S. Postal Service who eventually thwarted the ring. One of the suspects in the case allegedly boasted that he was "...probably the single biggest threat to the U.S. government currently living and they don’t even know it.”*

Copier Caution

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Photocopiers have a chip that stores all scanned information, including your sensitive personal data.

Anna Bernanke

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Nobody is safe from identity theft, not even Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and his wife.

*Read the Full Story Here: www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/04/fake-tax returns/