What do identity thieves do with my personal information?

What do identity thieves do with my personal information?

Robert Siciliano (Identity Theft Expert and CEO) gives expert video advice on: What are the most common kinds of low-tech identity theft?; What kind of personal information should I avoid giving out?; What are some of the ways my identity can be stolen? and more...

Once identity thieves get your basic information they try to get even more valuable data about you again. It might be social security numbers and so on. Once they get the data their goal is to start opening up accounts under your name that lead to cash, whether those accounts are credit card accounts, bank accounts, even utilities, cellular phones, any type of an account that is a loan at a bank where eventually that can be turned into money.