Today’s oddball piece of security news: house identity theft! What is ‘house identity theft’? The FBI say it’s the result of combining identity theft with mortgage fraud - the result of which is house stealing. How the criminals do it:

1. Pick your house to steal
2. Assume your identity & create fake IDs
3. Purchase property tranfer forms from any office supply store
4. Forge your signature and use your IDs to sign YOUR house over to THEM

Scary, isn’t it? It’s that easy.

The FBI say that mortgage fraud is growing, and its combination with identity theft could grow as well.

Via network world Image credit: melodi2 @ morguefile Tags: identity theft, house stealing, house identity theft, fraud, mortgage fraud