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	Federal Trade Commission: Identity Theft URL: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/idtheft/ ODP description: The U.S. government's central website for information about identity theft. Page title: Deter. Detect. Defend. Avoid ID Theft Page description: Identity theft is a serious crime. It occurs when your personal information is stolen and used without your knowledge to commit fraud or other crimes.
	Millersmiles.co.uk URL: http://www.millersmiles.co.uk/ ODP description: Guide to avoiding online fraud and phishing scams. Page title: Phishing scams and spoof emails at MillerSmiles.co.uk
	Identity Theft Resource Center URL: http://www.idtheftcenter.org/ ODP description: Features detailed guides for victims, current laws, media resources, and reference library. Page title: ID Theft Center
	Identity Theft Resources URL: http://www.privacyrights.org/identity.htm ODP description: Articles and related links on what to do if you are a victim of identity theft. From Privacy Rights Clearinghouse.
	14 Tips to Avoid Identity Theft URL: http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/advice/20030124b.asp ODP description: Suggestions from Frank Abagnale on reducing one's risk of identity theft. Page title: Tips from Frank Abagnale on how to avoid identity theft
	U.S. Postal Inspection Services: Identity Theft URL: http://www.usps.com/postalinspectors/idthft_ncpw.htm ODP description: Features tips and brochures for prevention and for victims of the crime. Page title: Identity Theft
	The Privacy Commissioner of Canada: Identity Theft URL: http://www.privcom.gc.ca/fs-fi/02_05_d_10_e.asp ODP description: Identifies the problem and offers tips on prevention and what to do if it occurs. Page title: Fact Sheet: Identity Theft: What it is and what you can do about it - Privacy Commissioner of Canada
	Federal Reserve Bank of Boston: Identity Theft URL: http://www.bos.frb.org/consumer/identity/ ODP description: Brochure in html and pdf formats. Page title: FRBB: Identity Theft
	Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act URL: http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/itada/itadact.htm ODP description: Full text of the United States national identity theft law.
	Office of Privacy Protection: Identity Theft URL: http://www.privacyprotection.ca.gov/cover/identitytheft.htm ODP description: Consumer information from this California state government agency. Some information also in Spanish. Page title: Identity Theft - Office of Privacy Protection
	When a Criminal's Cover Is Your Identity URL: http://www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/news/cnsum00/idthft.html ODP description: Tips for prevention of identity theft. From the FDIC. Page title: FDIC Consumer News - Summer 2000
	NPR : Tips to Avoid Internet Identity Theft, E-Mail Scams URL: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3845410 ODP description: Criminals around the world are discovering tools that let them spy on hundreds of thousands of people over the Internet, and they're stealing credit card numbers, bank account passwords, and other sensitive information. NPR's Chris Arnold reports. [5:20 streaming audio broadcast]
	NPR : Congress Aims to Combat Identity Theft URL: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4534018 ODP description: In the wake of recent scandals involving data collection companies like ChoicePoint and LexisNexis, Congress has begun pushing for greater personal identity safeguards. [3:12 streaming audio broadcast]
	NPR : Safeguarding the Data Brokerage Industry, Part I URL: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4533732 ODP description: The data brokerage industry has come under intense scrutiny with the disclosure of two high-profile identity theft cases. NPR's Farai Chideya has a special report. [11:46 streaming audio broadcast]
	NPR : Protecting Yourself Against Identity Theft URL: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4508458 ODP description: NPR's Madeleine Brand speaks with Gail Hillebrand about identity theft protection. Hillebrand is senior attorney for the Consumers Union, an independent, nonprofit testing and information organization. [3:52 streaming audio broadcast]
	Call For Action: Identity Theft URL: http://www.callforaction.org/publications/id_theft/ ODP description: Features warning signs, preventative measures, and victim information and resources. Page title: Call For Action -- Publications - Identity Theft
	NPR : Tips on Avoiding Identity Theft URL: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4502040 ODP description: Michele Norris talks with Evan Hendricks, editor and publisher of Privacy Times and author of "Credit Scores and Credit Reports," about why people should be concerned about identity theft and what they can do to avoid it. [5:15 streaming audio broadcast]
	Smartmoney.com: Identity Thieves Employ High-Tech Tactics URL: http://www.smartmoney.com/bn/index.cfm?story=20050307041120 ODP description: Five of the latest high-tech forms of identity theft along with ways consumers can protect themselves. Page title: Identity Thieves Employ High-Tech Tactics (Breaking News) \| SmartMoney.com
	Financial Privacy Now URL: http://www.consumersunion.org/campaigns/financialprivacynow/about.html ODP description: Campaign to strengthen financial privacy protections for consumers to keep credit safe and prevent crimes like identity theft. Targets the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Project of Consumers Union.
	Identity Theft Security URL: http://www.identitytheftsecurity.com/ ODP description: Empowering consumers with tips, resources, and tools to prevent becoming victims of identity theft. Page title: Identity Theft Security - Free tips, tools and resources to protect your identity Page description: Get free tips, tools and resources to help you protect and secure your identity using prevention techniques, software tools and credit monoriting services.