After identity theft is committed, follow-on crimes occur. Identify five types of follow-on crimes.
What will be an ideal response?
Once armed with enough stolen personal identification data, the process of identity theft is executed and follow-on crimes are committed by:
1. Calling credit card companies, asking them to change the address "your" bill is mailed to and quickly running up charges on accounts. The victim may be unaware of any problems for a month or more. This practice is called account takeover.
2. Opening up new, fraudulent, credit card accounts using the victim's name, banking information, Social Security information, and other data. The first hint of trouble for a victim may be when a card company or collection agency calls because the "account" is in serious arrears.
3. Establishing new accounts for wireless telephone service, which go unpaid.
4. Opening bank accounts on which they write worthless checks.
5. Using counterfeit checks and debit cards to drain victims' banking accounts.
6. Purchasing cars by taking out loans using the victim's name, defaulting on payments, and then fleeing with what is now a stolen vehicle.
7. Using the victim's identity if involved in an automobile accident, stopped for a traffic violation, or arrested by the police. If released by the police or bonded out of jail following an arrest, they don't show up for any required court appearance and an arrest warrant is issued in the victim's name.
8. Fraudulently obtaining other types of identification, including passports, drivers' licenses, Department of Defense cards, and Social Security numbers.
9. Committing mail, investment, telemarketing, and Social Security frauds.
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