The Truth About Identity Theft

Truth 16 Medical identity theft

Through the years, I have made attempts to test every kind of identity theft attack I know of. However, when it comes to medical identity theft, even I had to draw the line. Once again, you are sitting at home going through your bills and notice an envelope from the ACME medical clinic with the words “Payment Due” printed in bold font on the front. You open and read the billing statement, which indicates that you need to pay for the wart removal you had performed six months earlier. The problem is that you have never been to the ACME medical clinic, and you are quite certain you have never had a wart removed. You may not realize it yet, but you have just become the victim of medical identity theft. Worse still ...