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Identity Theft
Published 2/22/05
At what point did “stealing a credit card number” become “identity theft”? To me, identity theft means doing more than ordering a bunch of electronic gizmos with someone else’s card. It means opening back accounts, signing deals — in short, pretending to be that person on a larger scale. But today, because it sounds sexier, “credit card theft” is now “identity theft.”
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