Last year the number of identity theft victims reached 12.6 million, up 1 million from the previous year, according to a Javelin Strategy and Research Identity Fraud Report. About one in every 40 households with young children is being affected.
We're told to monitor our credit, to protect ourselves from identity theft. But who knew to apply that same wisdom to our offspring?
Last year the number of identity theft victims reached 12.6 million, up 1 million from the previous year, according to a Javelin Strategy and Research Identity Fraud Report. About one in every 40 households with young children is being affected.
"Child identity theft is a fast-growing crime," said Robert Chappell, author of "Child Identity Theft: What Every Parent Needs to Know." "Criminals target children because kids have clean credit records and the theft can go undetected for years."