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"My identity was stolen": these four women faced credit-card debt, criminal charges, and worse when they became victims of identity theft. Listen as they recount their nightmarish ordeals. Plus, we tell you how to avoid their fates.(Real-Life Reads)
* Imagine this: You're leaving work and you're late for a restaurant date with friends. So you pop by the ATM to get some cash and quickly tap in your PIN. Then a message pops up on the screen, telling you that you're overdrawn. Not only can't you get any money, you don't have any money. Someone has stolen your identity and cleaned out your savings. Worse yet, it may take you years to reclaim both.
"Identity theft is the fastest-growing white-collar crime in America," says Jordana Beebe, the communications director of Privacy Rights, a nonprofit consumer education program. A 2003 Federal Trade Commission (FTC) survey found that people reporting they'd been ...
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