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Have you ever received a credit card bill at the end of the month with a ridiculous amount of money needed to be paid that you never spent? This is because of identity theft. The FTC estimates that each year, over 9 million people are affected by identity theft. According to Sally Driscoll, this is because almost anyone with a computer and a slight bit of computer knowledge can pull off identity theft. Experts also claim that identity theft is the fastest-growing crime in the world. Identity theft is a global problem that cannot be stopped without effective measures. The problem is, effective measures are very hard to come by when dealing with identity theft because almost any security protocol can be by-passed.

1. Case Study:  “Don’t Let Crooks Steal Your Identity: How to Protect Yourself-and Your Credit Rating” (p. 225)

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He uses many claims to support his point throughout the article where he cites different incident. For instance, he claims that Obama key role in solving the Hiroshima problem is by eliminating nuclear weapons where he supports this claim with Obamas promise when he took the office (Jenkins, pg. 1). He cleats a logic argument through out of the paper where he manages to convince the audience that Hiroshima incident can never be justified and also Obama should not apologize but learn from the experience. However, he fails to accurately execute logos appeal in the article by failing to cite credible sources. The author throughout the article does not cite any source and this brings doubt on the quality and credibility of the content in the

Throughout the years, identity theft has been the fastest growing crime in the United States. Since December 2014, 17.6 million Americans have endured identity theft. But what is identity? Society has define identity to be information, such as an SSN or passport, used to establish or prove a person's individuality. While in reality, identity is the question humankind ask themselves “Who am I?” and “What am I?”. As Erik Erikson, psychological development, stated, if the human race can’t define and engender their identity by their adolescence age, then they become addle or solitude throughout their adulthood. Overall, identity is an entity that’s not inherit by primogenitor but rather concoct by values, experiences, and challenges face throughout

To be successful in presenting an argument, the author must produce a valid claim with sound reason and support it all with credible,reliable evidence to allow the reader to make an informed decision about an issue. After eating both articles about the debate over banning violent video games, it's obvious that only one author is successful in presenting her argument.

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During this project, the question arose; who is or has been the biggest winner of identity theft? In the few rare cases involving identity theft where a perpetrator was caught, the culprits in the following cases were identified. And the runner up in the game of identity theft is: Albert Gonzales who in 2008 stole 30 million credit and bank card numbers, hacked several corporate data bases and stole over $200 million. And our grand prize winner is: Philip Cummings who in 2002 obtained 15,000 consumer’s identities and hacked a credit reporting agency. He stole $2.7 million. (Graphs.net). While there is no clear solution to prevent being a victim of identity theft, a person can only take precautions, be aware of their surroundings, monitor

General Purpose: To inform the class about identify theft, how to prevent being a victim and how it can happen to anyone. Specific Purpose: The class will be able to prevent being a victim of identity theft and be more precautious. Thesis: Identity theft is a rising crime in the country and is up to you to avoid identity theft if you know how to protect yourself against it. Audience Analysis: My audience’s factors are that mostly are social media users; young adults and they are mobile users.

     There is currently a huge growing number of criminals that now do greater and more widespread damage to their victims without ever meeting them. Identity theft surfaced in the early 1990s and turned peoples everyday transactions into a data gathering game. Bits of personal information such as bankcards, credit card accounts, income, social security numbers or just someone name, address, and phone numbers are now collected and could be used illegally by these individuals without anyone’s knowledge.

The purpose of this paper is to inform on what identity theft is and how technology plays its role in identity theft. I feel as if this is an important matter that should be discussed and people should know about this. So I’m going to go into depth with what it is. I’m going to tell you how technology plays into it so, you should know if it has occurred to you. It 's going to also show what you can do to prevent identity theft happening to you.

Internet is a network that can be used in many different ways and can be accessed from anywhere. Internet is being used in schools, ministries, hospitals, etc. When people use the internet, many of them choose to be anonymous. People choose to be anonymous to do everything they want without the risk of exposing their identity. This paper will list how being anonymous can be a double edged sword.

Identity theft is a growing business in the United States. It is now the most common form of consumer

Identity theft is an increasing epidemic . Some of the ways a person can commit identity theft would be using someone’s person identification information for financial benefit. Some the ways a perpetrator can do this is by using another individual's personal information such as date of birth, driver license number, social security number, etc. Essentially, there are different type’s identity crimes such as financial, medical, child and synthetic identity theft. (VanderPal, 2015)