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Identity Theft: How to Protect Your Most Valuable Asset

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Identity theft is an inevitable but horrifying form of abuse in a society that depends largely on trust, credibility and the free flow of information. Victims often don't even know they're being taken advantage of until their accounts are drained and their credit is ruined. Sometimes, they don't know until the police break down their door, arrest them at gunpoint and throw them into jail for crimes identity thieves have committed in their names. This book will tell most readers more than they probably want to know about the crime of identity theft, with anecdote after anecdote about repugnantly clever thieves. It's not particularly well written and lifts too much from public documents and testimony, but this isn't the kind of book one reads for pleasure. This concise, very useful guide to self-protection points out many sources for additional information and action. We highly recommend it for the purpose of minimizing your risk. After all, you want to protect the answer to that eternal question of identity, "Who am I?," from the thief who claims, "I am you."

Robert Hammond really knows his stuff! I would recommend this book above all others in its field! Identity theft is a real concern in our high tech society. It is comforting to know that there is someone out there looking out for the little guy's interests.

This book is very enlightening. I never knew there were so many ways to have my identity stolen. I highly recommend this book to anyone.

Identity theft is an inevitable but horrifying form of abuse in a society that depends largely on trust, credibility and the free flow of information. Victims often don't even know they're being taken advantage of until their accounts are drained and their credit is ruined. Sometimes, they don't know until the police break down their door, arrest them at gunpoint and throw them into jail for crimes identity thieves have committed in their names. This book will tell most readers more than they probably want to know about the crime of identity theft, with anecdote after anecdote about repugnantly clever thieves. It's not particularly well written and lifts too much from public documents and testimony, but this isn't the kind of book one reads for pleasure. This concise, very useful guide to self-protection points out many sources for additional information and action. We highly recommend it for the purpose of minimizing your risk. After all, you want to protect the answer to that eternal question of identity, "Who am I?," from the thief who claims, "I am you."

Identity Theft

It is important to have the latest information with this type of material. Amazon's product details section states this book was published by Career Press in 2008. However, when you use the "Look Inside" functionality offered by Amazon, you'll notice that the copyright and other dates printed in the book are from 2002-3. Other reviews of this book on Amazon are from those years too. There is a big difference between 2002 and 2008, so buyer beware.

(I am giving the book "neutral" 3 stars rating since I don't want to skew the rating system, just point out the problem. After all, the book would most likely have been a very good read in 2002.)