Children and teens are in danger as ID thieves are increasingly focusing their crimes on unsuspecting victims. Parents often are unaware this crime can happen, but there are numerous stories of children as young as 7 having their identities stolen. Often these children don’t find out until they are ready to go to college, pay for the first utilities, or start their adult lives. By that time, an ID thief has piled up hundreds of thousands in debt, setting the victim back before their life really begins.

With the Internet, text messaging, and no shortage of identity thieves looking for prey, this crime only is expected to increase.

If you would like to offer your youth ministry group tips on ID theft prevention, click here or here to be put in touch with one of the nation’s foremost identity theft experts, the parent of a child identity theft victim, or a victim whose identity stolen during childhood.

Contact:

Brent Diggins, Account Executive

Mindspace Public Relations

2402 S. Rural Road., Ste. 201

Tempe, AZ 85282

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bdiggins@mindspace.net