Silent Thieves These identity theft thieves can gain access to all of your information very easily without you even knowing. Some of these silent approaches include dumpster diving, skimming, fishing, changing your address or just out right stealing (Kadlec, 2011, 3). I have noticed even in my workplace that people are very careless when it comes to throwing things away versus shredding. Dan Kadlec, writer of the article titled “Card Fraud: 7 Ways to Counter New Skimming Scams”, pointed out one of the approaches stating that, “Skimming has become the identity theft of choice for many crooks. You have a one-in-five chance of being a victim; losses will total about $1 billion this year. Other forms of identity theft include dumpster diving, …show more content…
Let me explain each of these approaches in depth. Dumpster Diving is when thieves rummage through trash looking for bills or other paper with your personal information on it. Additionally thieves will practice a method called skimming, as mentioned, where they steal credit and debit card numbers by using a special storage device when processing your card. Another method used is phishing. In this method, thieves pretend to be financial institutions or companies and send spam or popup messages to get you to reveal your personal information. Thieves use a simple method by changing your address so they can divert your billing statements to another location by completing a "change of address" form. Lastly, "Old-Fashioned" Stealing of wallets and purses; mail, including bank and credit card statements; pre-approved credit offers; and new checks or tax information. Thieves steal personnel records from their employers, or bribe employees who have access. I personally experienced witnessing my mother’s purse being snatched from the grocery cart. Luckily she took quick action and was never a victim. Be aware of these approaches and types of identity theft tricks or else you will become a
Have you ever thought about the possibilities of becoming homeless? I think about that almost every day; I try to comprehend and picture in my head the life as someone that lives on or off the streets of New York. New York isn’t one of the cleanest places in the United States, but it sure has one of the highest percentage rates in the U.S. for homeless people. In the 21st century, people raised in the U.S. are not taught about the struggles of homelessness and what they have to go through to survive; most people don’t plan on becoming homeless and became homeless due to the fluctuation in the market and various other problems. Also not only the homeless, but people in depth (people struggling to pay bills or drug addicts) and other people suffering also has to survive.
Didion and Eighner have different styles of writing, but they both created writings with an instructional component. In both pieces of literature, they guide the audience like a mother to child, guiding us step by step in order to perfect the outcome. Joan Didion’s “On Keeping a Notebook” teaches the reader on how to keep note of the past through a notebook. “On Dumpster Diving” written by Lars Eighner, teaches the reader how to successfully dumpster dive and survive. However, Eighner’s piece included many details, whereas Didion’s ideas used examples by flowing from one top to another. It could also be said that Lars Eighner’s piece creates a more thorough analysis on how to dumpster dive. In spite of the fact that the pieces of literature
He starts by giving a lot of personal examples (Pizza shop example), then talks about other people who try it (The stages of beginning to dumpster dive), and explains how dumpster diving is a lot better than the more accepted picking up of cans (comparison to a wino). He then delves into the ethics behind dumpster diving (looking at prescription bottles and such), and then if one, presumably the reader, wanted to try it how they would do so (pole with hook on it). He ends with some deep insights into dumpster diving and his way of life. I think that the way he organizes his essay, and his overall tone, are to convince the reader that dumpster diving is not as bad as everyone things, and to make people actually interested in trying it. He first
According to Mayberry (2009) Lars Eighner, a graduate of the University of Texas, became homeless in 1988 and again in 1995 (p. 351). Some of the accounts from Travels with Lisbeth (1993), a book by Lars Eighner, depicted what he went through and what he found during his homeless state. A homeless person must eat and sleep but may not know where or when this might happen next. The human will to survive enabled Eighner to eat food from a dumpster, reach out to other for handouts, and sleep in places other than a bed with covers.
Homelessness is increasing every year and effecting Americans of different age, ethnicity and religion. In Lars Eighner “On Dumpster Diving” he explains what he went through while being homeless. He describes how and what foods someone should be looking for and to always be conscious of what one is eating because there is always a reason why something has been thrown out. He continues to go into detail about other items that can be found in the dumpster like sheets to sleep on and pieces of paper to write on. Things that can keep him busy through the day. Eighner carefully explains to his readers how being a dumpster diver has become a life style for the homeless and this is how they survive. It’s a way of living and they are comfortable doing it. “I began dumpster diving about a year before I became homeless” (Eighner 713). He tries to bring us into the world of being homeless. It is hard to imagine what it would be like in that situation, and how could surviving as a dumpster diver be a way of survival? As a dumpster diver, Eighner is able to tell us what is ok to eat and have and what is not ok for your health. His essay starts by uttering some guidelines of what is and is not safe to eat. “Eating safely from the dumpsters involves three principles: using common sense for evaluating the food, knowing the dumpsters of the given areas and always ask, “Why was this discarded?” (Eighner 714).
People all over the U.S. commit crimes. Shoplifting is most popular, it happens every day causing stores to pay hundreds of millions each year. There's no typical shoplifter — people who steal from stores can be any age, race, gender, and social and economic background.
In an Australian society with increasingly complex social and technological advances, the current issue of identity theft and fraud has progressively become more controversial and contentious. The commonly accepted definition of identity theft; the theft and use of an another individual’s identity and information, is applied to facilitate a diverse variety of criminal offences related to theft. Within the federal state of Queensland, the current legislation relating to identity theft or fraud is found in the Queensland Criminal Code and Civil Liability Amendment Act 2007. The purpose of this legislation is to protect victims while acting to prevent and prohibit acts of criminal theft from occurring.
First, I will explain the basics about Identity Theft. Identity theft occurs when someone accesses someone else’s identity and uses it for their personal gain, such as accessing their money. With increases in technology around the world it has become easier for identity theft to occur. In the United States identity thieves targets a new victim every two seconds. In addition, from 2008-2013 there have been 73.9 million victims of Identity fraud in the United States. There are multiple ways that these thieves can access your
The first thing that I want to tell you about is theft. Theft is when someone takes something without permission that does not belong to them. There are three types of theft the first is petty theft,the second is grand theft,and the third and final additional categories of theft. Just think if a poor man dropped that money that you just picked up and stole and that was the last of his money that he was going to spend on
Identity Theft is known as “someone tak[ing] another’s personal information without consent and us[ing] it in an illegal way” (Dean, Buck, & Dean, 2014). Since the rise in technology over the past few decades, more people have become victims of identity theft. The four main items that are stolen under identity theft are: Name, address, social security number, and sometimes even one’s bank account information. Identity Theft is divided into three types: financial identity theft, criminal identity theft, and identity cloning. Also, there are two ways in which criminals get the information they are trying to steal from a victim: low-tech and hi-tech. Hi-tech has to do with criminals being able to get information through technology and include methods such as skimmers, phishing, and hacking. To prevent identity theft, there are many ways in which someone can do so. One way is to not disclose personal information to anyone. Also, people should “destroy any documents such as mail which may contain personal information which a thief can use” (Dean et al., 2014). Creating difficult passwords that only the user can remember will prevent identity theft. Moreover, companies need to make sure their technology is secure, as they hold personal information of their
III. Thesis Statement: Identity Theft is rapidly becoming a national issue because anyone of us could be a victim of identity theft. How we protect our self, keep our information private, identify any signs of identity theft, and report and repair our credit is up to each one of us. We have to be vigilant about our protecting ourselves from criminals.
In the face of society, financial identity theft can be a grim and even fatal situation. The deprivation of money is one of humankind’s greatest worries, and very few solutions are available. If you disagree, think again: without money, how would simple things like eating at McDonald’s be possible? An ordinary mall stroll can become a life-threatening circumstance if a swindler decides to steal your credit card, leaving those you care for in a nasty scenario. The lasting impact that financial identity theft develops can morph into problems such as economic stress, beneficial loss from the government, and fraudulent crimes.
“Identity theft is when someone wrongfully obtains and uses another person's personal data in some way that involves fraud or deception, typically for economic gain” (Stellmach). Identity theft happens everyday, twenty four seven. According to Rouse, it is a crime in which a phony acquires key pieces of personal information, such as driver's license or Social Security numbers, in order to impersonate someone else. This information can be used to access other important information such as credit, merchandise, and services in the name of the victim, or to provide the thief with false permits. In addition to running up debt, an imposter might provide false documentation to police, creating a criminal record or leaving outstanding arrest warrants for the person whose identity has been stolen (Rouse). There are two types of identity theft: account takeover and true name.
Credit card fraud is highly publicized in this era and you should know what it looks like. This is the most common and simplest form of identity theft. All it would take is having someone else’s name, address, date of birth, and social security number. With all the pertinent information on a person one can get loans, and open new bank accounts. Also, someone could use the person’s existing bank account. Just about anything can be accomplished with someone else’s information. Simple and thought to be unimportant information could turn out to be very valuable information to a person doing credit card fraud or identity theft.
via computers, more common than people think. “Identity theft is the number one crime in