Yes, many victims of identity theft crimes are not even aware that the crime has occurred until sometime well after the theft has been completed. As technology has advanced so have the methods an identity thief uses to commit their crimes. The days of a thief going through garbage to find the necessary information they need have been replaced by such things as RF card scanners where the perpetrator just passes by the victim and the scanner steals the information directly from the victims card without any awareness of what is happening. The best defense against identity thefts is for every person to be vigilant in how they handle their personal information. Everyone needs to utilize RF blocking wallets, along with shredding all records instead
