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Article: The day I became an identity thief ( . . . and it's scary how easy it was; Every four minutes someone's identity is stolen in the UK. Chief Reporter Michelle Fiddler investigates WHAT I COULD HAVE DONE Set up and used store and credit cards Opened an account for a mobile phone Booked foreign holiday.(News)
- Article from:
- Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- July 18, 2005
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Byline: Michelle Fiddler
IT took me only 20 minutes of sorting through binbags to find enough documents to steal someone's identity.
Rifling in rubbish may seem a grim task, but for thieves hoping to steal an identity, your wheelie bin has the potential to make them rich - and give you a criminal record.
At the Biffa waste landfill site in Bromborough I uncovered documents including Bank letters. n A passport form. n A college application form. n An old rent book which could be used to copy someone's identity.
Identity theft is the ...