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Government Beefs Up Efforts Against Child Identity Theft

by Tom Henderson, Posted Jun 23rd 2011 5:00PM

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Carnegie Mellon University researchers scanned more than 40,000 children's identity records and found 10 percent of them tainted by Social Security numbers that were being used by at least one other person.
In ...Kids provide tempting targets for identity thieves, sometimes within their own families.
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As Family Mourns Toddler's Death, Thieves Steal Her Identity

by Tom Henderson, Posted Mar 15th 2010 5:00PM

Someone saw the drowning death of a 21-month-old child as a chance to cash in. Jessica Struthers and Matt Bock of Blaine, Wash., had been mourning the death of their daughter, Ava, for less than a year when they found out someone stole her ...
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Mom steals daughter's identity to join cheerleading squad

by Bethany Sanders, Posted Sep 15th 2008 1:00PM

If you could go back to high school and do it all over again, would you? A Wisconsin woman recently tried, but the move is more likely to have her put in jail than up for Homecoming queen. Wendy Brown of Green Bay stole her 15-year-old daughter's ...
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Identity theft: parents who steal from their kids

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Jul 23rd 2007 1:33PM

What do you when, at 17 years-old, you've been denied entry at every college to which you've applied -- even though you make good grades -- and, at the same time, you've been rejected by credit card companies and financial institutions -- even ...
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Scam targets military spouses

by Sandy Maple, Posted Jun 1st 2007 3:28PM

Of all the things a military spouse must deal with, hearing that your mate has been injured while serving has got to be one of the absolute worst. To get that call and then find out it was just a scam is beyond comprehension. According to the ...
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Children can be victims of identity theft

by Sandy Maple, Posted May 27th 2007 12:03PM

When kids post personal information on social networking sites, they are putting themselves at risk for identity theft. 5% of teens who do post personal information on the Internet give their first and last names as well as photos and where they ...
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