An secret reader writes "British TV host Jeremy Clarkson afresh wrote a periodical editorial ridiculing the uproar that had occurred after the British restraint admitted to losing two compact discs containing the personal dossier on 25 million people. To support his claim about the overhyped risks of identity theft, he published his bank account inside story* in the article. Proving that some identity thieves have a sense of humor, a week later, he found out that someone had setup an automatic bank transfer for $1000 to a type i diabetes charity from his account. This comes less than a year after the CEO of LifeLock, an identity theft protection company which publishes the CEO's social security number on its website, himself was a victim of economic fraud. Back in July of 2007, a man in Texas was able to secure a $500 loan from a payday loan company using the CEO's widely publicized SSN. Will this latest scene finally prove that identity theft is real, and that publishing your own numbers* info is an invitation for fraud?"

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