When you think of Personal ID thefts you think of someone stealing your checkbook and writing personal checks on your behalf. Or, people think that their ID can be stolen on the web. A Secret Service study recently showed that only 20% of identity thefts occur from thieves using the Internet. Most of the thefts occur from low-tech methods of dumpster diving, rerouting mail through change of address cards, and getting carbons of credit card transactions and the like.

The study check back on ages and sex revealed that men 25 to 34 where responsible for two-thirds of these crimes.