Sex Offenders Using Stolen Identities

The more I study identity theft in this country, the more it shocks me. If you go on YouTube and search for "sex offenders," then watch the newsy videos, you will see that in many cases, they use stolen identities to avoid detection. One guy was even working at a carnival, as in, around children! That guy was not just a sex offender, he was a career criminal with a long list of arrests and convictions. Something tells me that he is not the only person in the country working around children and pretending to be someone he is not: an honest, law-abiding citizen like you and me.

I wish I could get everyone to take the steps necessary to protect against the danger of identity theft, but I can't. All I can say is that when someone becomes a victim, they are usually embarrassed about it the way rape victims sometimes are, thinking it's their own fault somehow. Well, I hate to tell you this, but if you are not doing everything possible from shredding your documents to monitoring your financial data, it might just be partially your fault if you are unlucky enough to have your information compromised and abused by a criminal.

Here is a great article on the subject.