Identity theft is a crime that every criminally-minded individual should participate in because it is one of the easiest crimes a person can commit with little to any experience and minute chance of being caught in the act. This is largely in part to law enforcement agencies and financial institutions being deluged with requests to handle the investigations involved in these transactions to catch every thief. While there was a significant drop in identity crimes reported, there were 8.1 million adults who reported being victims (myself included). Moreover, very few victims file reports or know what it is that made them a victim in the first place.
In the report below, CBS News did something very few media outlets have done - interview real identity thieves. The two ladies featured in this video describe how these crimes are committed and how they often get away with them. They detail everything from how they obtained false fingerprints to using social engineering to withdraw large sums of money from victims' accounts. They also provided some good information for banks and consumers.
