Posts Tagged ‘criminal’

How to get an arrest warrant when you haven’t done anything wrong

Having your identity stolen can be one of the most stressful things that you will ever have to go through. It’s right up there in the stress stakes with bereavement and divorce believe it or not. If someone steals your identity they can potentially ruin you financially. They can also get you an arrest warrant in some cases. The best way to combat the arrest warrant problem is to make sure that you discover them early and deal with them before the situation gets out of hand.

One of the main reasons, in my opinion, for the apparent increase in identity theft is the Internet. It’s a great tool and I couldn’t do without it but with it’s many benefits it has brought a few problems. One of these problems is the ease with which someone can get hold of your personal details and use them to impersonate you. The more information that exists on the Internet and the more transactions that are made all increase the risk of this happening.

You can take simple common sense precautions to reduce your risk of information theft but you can’t eliminate it altogether. The more information that is stored digitally the more the risk. Especially when government officials seem to be so prone to loosing disks with your details on.

But how can you get an arrest warrant when your identity is stolen?

When you get your identity stolen you might assume that the thief will help him or herself to the money in your bank account or take out a loan in your name that you will then become liable for. You might start getting bills for hire cars and all sorts of other stuff that you never ordered. The idea that you could also end up with an arrest warrant for something that you never did might not even cross your mind but it is possible.

If a thief steals your identity and then goes and commits a crime of some sort and gets caught, he or she will have to give personal details to the police. If an identity thief gets caught then do you think that he would give the police his own details or use a stolen identity? Most likely it’s your details that the police will have on file when the thief skips bail and the arrest warrant is issued. The warrant will be for you and not the thief.

Of course the police should always verify the ID of someone they have just arrested but they don’t always have enough time to do that. If the thief was good at what he did then he would surely be able to satisfy any superficial scrutiny of the ID.

Find your arrest warrants early and deal with problems quickly

Doing your best to avoid getting arrest warrants and having your identity stolen is good advice but you can never be 100% certain that you’ve done enough to prevent it. So much is out of your control and the best that you can do is find arrest warrants that appear and deal with them as soon as you can. The quicker that you can react the better it will be for you.

www.greatmillstone.info

Crooks may give your name to the police when they are arrested for a crime. After the criminal is released on bail and then does not appear for the court hearing, you become a wanted criminal. You will even have an outstanding arrest warrant in your name. Visit www.identitytheft.info, “The” identity theft information site for more comprehensive articles, news and videos.

Criminal Hackers Using Social Media to commit Identity Theft. See idanalytics at www.myidscore.com and Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert at , www.idtheftsecurity.com

I’ve recently been told that a criminal can use your photo (and just your photo, no other info) to steal your identity, and I refuse to believe it.

How would a criminal use your photo to commit identity theft?