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TechTalks: Protect your digital identity from theft and synthetic ID fraud
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Synthetic identity theft is one of the toughest types of fraud to detect.
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Raju Chellam
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A niece living in the United States called me last week and told me how her identity was stolen to buy a vehicle in Mexico.
The thief merged her e-mail address, date of birth and social security and credit card numbers with someone else's address, place of birth, photograph and employer information to create a "synthetic" identity.
