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Special Report: Child Identity Theft

Thousands of children are victimized each year by a new, growing form of "high-tech" child identity theft. This isn’t about family members swiping kids' personal info this is about criminals buying and selling your child's social security number.

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speakingout - 11/24/2011 10:39 AM
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Parents are also to blame for the childs credit report, there are parents out there that will use their childs name and/or social security number for credit purposes such as utilities and some will go so far as to use their childs identity to get other means of credit.

triplec6866 - 11/24/2011 2:21 AM
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