"Peter Duniho" wrote:

You obviously have no clue what the simplest forms of identity theft can do
to a person's life, never mind the most extreme kinds. You think that
because you are a retailer, that you see the extent of the result of
identity theft. But you obviously don't. The cost of goods obtained
through identity theft is the least of anyone's problems (except perhaps
yours). Much more significant are the years a person has to invest
recovering from the crime.

I read an article about identity theft where the victim found that a
wanted murderer was using his identity, and there were warrants for
arrest in his name. He ended up carrying a letter around with him from
his local police that he wasn't the person wanted for murder, but he
wasn't completely confident that the letter would be effective.