Internet Identity Theft

The internet has become an increasing popular and convenient way for millions of people world-wide to run their lives.  With online shopping, credit card use, banking etc on the increase criminals have tapped into this to commit identity theft crimes by stealing these details and using them for their own gain.

There are a variety of methods used by criminals ranging from using specialist spyware software that people unknowingly install on their PCs, e-mail 'phising' scams where people are conned into revealing personal information (especially banking information) and password stealing by using special computer software to guess a persons password.

Much of these risks can be reduced by knowing what to look for, using the correct and up to date software and picking hard to crack passwords.