Sacramento, California is the nation’s highest region with Identity theft. 12,157,400 people are impacted each year in America. Identity theft is fraud. Average cost of incident is $5,300.00. In 2014, the total financial loss attributed to identity theft in is $26,350,000,000. Most of the fraud is credit card fraud, which impacts 61 percent of citizens, 35 percent of people have their bank accounts misused, and 14.5 percent have their personal information used. However, in Sacramento, California, identity theft is taking on a new level. A lot of reporters are stalking people, ripping their families apart, and finding weak people, in the family to pay and pump, for information. Once these reporters get this information, they stalk their target and harass them online, and in person, by pretending to be them, or one of their family members the individual has not seen in a long time. The reporters will know personal details and even stories. Nearly 300 people have been charged for fraud totaling $486 million since the Federal Bureau of Investigation began in August 2012.

The identity thieves like to target mixed race people, someone who is two races or more. The identity theft criminals usually target people who make $75,000 a year or more. Since 2010, the amount that the identity theft has cost the nation has nearly tripled. If identity thieves have your personal information, they can drain your bank account, run up charges on your credit cards, open new utility accounts, or get medical treatment on your health insurance. And an identity thief can use your personal information to even access your medical records. My advice, take care of all your business in person, even if you have to deal with the Social Security office. If they send you a letter, go to the office in person and deal with it. The same with the banks, deal with your business in person. Do not answer calls you do not know, let them leave a voicemail. Do not give away any information over the phone. If someone comes to your door, ask for a business card and call their company to verify they are who they say they are.