Identity Theft Victim The Hard Truth

The hard truth is once you become an identity theft victim, it is for life. Regardless of how many times the law tells you they are working to remove the problem, it is unlikely to be. The person behind it is still around and deadly active. It's seems the crook is always one step ahead.  

When I contacted the credit bureaus they did nothing to remove the charges against me, rather they merely placed a resolved or other related comment behind the debt. Other people have suffered far more severe attacks on their life, including summoned to court for debts they never could have made. The people lived in one area of the world, while the perpetrator was acting in another area. Pathetic as it is, we as the victims must suffer the loss of our lives while few are taking the stand to stop the crimes against themselves.

In most cases of identity theft if a company is not involved and reports the crime the single individual will fall into the large group of people in society without receiving help from anyone. Often victims of identity theft are denied credit and find it difficult to survive once the credit reports are affected. Some states permit freezing of the credit reports, which should be permitted in all states, since it denies anyone the right to review the credit reports, except the person that has the right ownership. Most states allow Fraud Alerts up to three months and sometimes permanently, but this only makes the victim look bad since nothing is removed from the reports.

Hence identity theft is ongoing and it is up to us to protect ourselves. But technology advancements are making this difficult as it has made it easier for thieves to gain access to nearly anyone's identity. Government has high-tech developments that protect their databases; but identity thefts have proven that even this level of technology will not hinder them.

Newer credit cards have chips in them that is purportedly sophisticated enough to prevent or curb theft. However, thieves are far more sophisticated in most instances and accept the challenge going above and beyond the chips. The World Wide Web is the single more well-situated area where identity thieves frequent and often they use programs designed that are suppose to ward off hackers, crackers, spies and other harmful critters, but the development has only made it convenient for the thieves to get in the doors to thousands of computers. Again, in 2004, more than eleven million people alone became victims of identity theft, and the majority of crimes committed happened on the Internet.

Then again some cases of identity theft report turned out to be neighbors, friends, and even family members. One case reported came from England when a couple moved to the states and when they left they learned that their identities were robbed and they had to endure pain and suffering for years. The couple unfortunately received little if any help and were sent summons to appear in court for debts they did not initiate. Creditors and financial lenders often view identity theft victim as using an escape boat to get out of debt. The victim is left standing despite the concrete evidence showing that the person did not authorize the debts. That's the hard truth.

As such this leaves us all in a shamble; since we have to do everything, we can to avoid identity theft. If it was up to me, I'd say get rid of the credit cards and other materials that have potential links to thieves, however nowadays if you do not have a credit card you are basically considered an outcast. We live in a stereotyped, uncultured world where too many judges and assumers control the environment. Therefore you would be in a better position to think like a criminal and protect yourself from everyone, including creditors, cops, lawyers, government officials and so forth to win the horrific increasing rates of identity theft victims.