What kind of information does a financial identity thief want?

What kind of information does a financial identity thief want?

Robert Siciliano (Identity Theft Expert and CEO) gives expert video advice on: How do I know if I am a victim of financial identity theft?; How can I protect myself against financial identity theft? and more...

When it comes to financial identity theft, generally they're looking for basic information like name, address and social security number; in addition to that they really like to get hold of your credit card numbers, also too what is very valuable to them is the banks you deal with, any deeds to homes, any titles to homes that they can then go and use to refinance your existing property and then take on even bigger loans, and then they can actually default on those loans and thereby making you a victim of mortgage fraud.