| class="googleright"> | | | | immigrants or people who want to change their identity |
| Child Identity Theft: Young People are Becoming Prime | | | | to avoid arrest or some other negative consequence. |
| Targets | | | | In more than half of the cases, a relative or close |
| Child identity theft is when someone steals or uses a | | | | family friend is the identity thief in child identity theft |
| minorâs identifying information as their own. | | | | cases, but itâs not always someone who |
| They might use it for financial gain, in which case | | | | knows the child. As a parent you must be diligent in |
| theyâve obtained a minorâs social | | | | protecting your childâs information. Never put |
| security number and use it to get credit. They might | | | | your childâs social security number on |
| also use it to help them get a driverâs license. | | | | non-essential forms such as sports registrations and |
| There have also been instances when people have | | | | always shred any documents that have account |
| obtained a minorâs identity and sold it to illegal | | | | numbers and social security numbers. |