I owe $23,000 on my credit cards, my condo's in foreclosure and I turn 4 on Friday.

Your child is a better target for identity theft than you.

There's one group of people who are perfect targets for identity thieves – your children. That's because children have a clean credit history and the crime can go undetected for many years, since parents rarely have reason to check their child's credit report. A child's identity is essentially a blank slate for identity thieves.

Get the New Child Identity Theft Report

See our 2008 Report on Child Identity Theft

How common is child identity theft?

Statistics from the largest report ever published on child identity theft might shock you:

  • Scans of over 42,000 U.S children reveal that 10.2% had someone else using their Social Security number
  • 19% of victims were under the age of 10
  • One victim had over $725,000 in debt

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How does Debix protect my child?

Only Debix offers ChildScan® - the most effective method ever developed for determining if your child's personal information has been used by thieves. ChildScan searches thousands of credit related databases using only your child's Social Security number. This allows us to uncover even hard to find cases where a thief has stolen your child's Social Security number and attached it to someone else's name. Learn More

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