This will make it harder for you to upgrade or make effective use of your own credit account because of your worsening credit record without you even knowing it. It can even go as far as using your name to the police during an arrest. If they do not appear in court to answer the charges, a warrant of arrest can be issued on your name and sent to your address. Identity theft is a term used to refer to all types of crime in which someone illegally obtains and uses another person's personal data in a way that involves lies or deception, mostly for economic gain. Identity thefts is one of the fastest growing crimes in the country and what can be really frustrating about this is that you cannot really know how fast it is growing. It will give justice to victims whose pieces of private information are abused carelessly by usurpers. Under the "Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act of 1998," it defined how it is a crime to make unlawful use of another person's identification, which is controlled by mandatory requirement to be identified by just using name or Social Security Number. Most of them are not successful in their own fields, felt disgusted instead, creating menace in the worldwide website traffic to gain advantage for their own end. Online theft may act individually, or could be manipulated by a group in one single website name. Survey consortium in the U. S. have developed means to coordinate with the FTC (Federal Trade Commissions) in order to establish a complete record of crime complaints in online deceptions, that starts with scam messages. One of the best way you can do to protect yourself from identity number theft is to avoid providing personal information from individual you talk to, especially to strangers. Giving personal information to people you do not know can have very disastrous consequences for you. 2. If you are in a public place, be very discreet about the financial events happening in your life. Most guides on preventing identity theft focus on steps consumers can take, such as shredding their trash and protecting their SSN. But realistically, while these steps reduce the risk of becoming a victim, there is little individuals can do to actually prevent identity theft. True prevention resides in two arenas the adoption of more effective application-screening procedures by the credit industry and the implementation of responsible information-handling practices by employers.