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Saturday's Times had an article "Never Too Young to Have Your Identity Stolen," about the theft of children's identities. Because children rarely apply for loans, it can take years for the theft of the identity to be discovered--which also means that we don't know the full extent of this problem.
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The NYT has an article about Gabriel Jimenez, a 25-year-old who has been battling an identity thief for half his life. His SSN was stolen and used by an illegal immigrant when he was 11, and it's been a nightmare... [Read More]
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