Personal information can also be taken by the following means;

• Information taken form your employer's files
• Information taken form your hospital records
• Information taken form your financial lender's files
• Information taken form your landlord's files
• Information taken from clones of reputed websites
• Information taken form hacking the databases

When someone steals your personal information through the above mentioned means, the remaining information needed to create accounts or make purchases can be obtained through publicly available information sources. These include: public records include driver license information, real estate, business records, and professional certifications etc which are available to public. Phone book entries, classified ads and reports are another source of information. Websites can also provide huge amount of information.



The following information can be acquired by anyone about a person;

• Full name
• Address
• Social security number
• Bank account number
• Employer and its address
• Rate of pay

You see that not much information is left that is used to get a loan or getting credit.