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It’s not just direct carers and it’s still an identity theft, what identity theft can be used for ranges between different countries based on financial incentiv
by dogma1138 6y ago
It’s not just direct carers and it’s still an identity theft, what identity theft can be used for ranges between different countries based on financial incentives in some countries getting a loan or credit is far more easier than others in others state pensions and benefits are higher.
In the US stealing the identity of a 30 year old with decent credit can allow you to rack up a decent bill in their name. In Italy the state pension is universal and is about €14,000 a year and whilst in the US technically you can get far more in social security payments the people who are susceptible to identity theft in that group tend to not be the ones who maxed out their contributions over the past 30-40 years.
- bonzini 6y agoNo, it's identity fraud which is a superset of identity theft.
- dogma1138 6y agoAll identity theft is fraud... you are grasping at straws here.
- bonzini 6y agoRight, all identity theft is fraud, but not all identity fraud is theft.
- dogma1138 6y agoYou assume someone’s identity that’s identity theft...
- bonzini 6y agoI can't answer below, so I will leave this here: https://web.archive.org/web/20090627220408/http://www.business.mcmaster.ca/IDTDefinition/defining/idfraudTCF.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20090627220408/http://www.busine... If a person dies the identity arguably belongs to their estate, if they don't declare death and use it to make money illegally it's not stolen.