What is Identity Theft (IDT)?
Identity theft has been called the crime of the information age with thousands of victims each year in Canada. In 2005, 11,231 IDT complaints where filed in Canada, amounting to $8,575,593.98 in losses, which came mostly from Ontario, making this crime the fastest growing form of consumer fraud in North America. Are you a victim of IDT? Shawn Talbot of Prepaid Legal can help restore your name and credit with the Identity Theft Shield. Photo by Lisa Rene-de-Cotret. IDT is “an absolute epidemic,” states Shawn Talbot, of Pre-Paid Legal Services Inc., and Executive Director of S.W. Talbot and Associates (home office). “It’s certainly picked up in the last four or five years. It is nationwide. It affects everybody, and there is very little you can do to prevent it and worst of all, you can’t detect it until it’s probably too late.” IDT is the unauthorized collection and use of your personal information, usually for criminal purposes. Your name, date of birth, address, credit card, social in
