Identity Theft

The book I read to research this post was Identity Theft Inc by Glenn Hastings et al which is an excellent book which I borrowed from the library. This book is written by a couple of identity thieves & tells you everything you need to know I think it's the best book on the subject I have read. This is intended for information purposes only. On a simple level a simple scam is to have a friend who has a credit card you use their credit card to buy stuff. The stuff is sent to a place you rent under a false name. At the end of the month when your friend gets their statement they say the payment is fraudulent & don't know anything about it & claim their money back. Another system is to give you the card let you buy stuff with it & an hour later report it stolen. When renting a flat for the stuff to go to you can use friends for references.  If you order stuff by phone most businesses can trace the call so you should probably use a payphone & definitely shouldn't lie about your location. If you are looking for people with an excellent credit record use a service like Experian. Arizona is the world capital of online fraud partly because it has a rapidly expanding population & because it has a lot of methamphetamine addicts. Also a lot of people who are high on drugs in the early hours of the morning find it ideal to go through other peoples garbage looking for things like unused chequebooks which they can use for fraudulent activity.