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AJS524_WK3_Assignement.docx    Computer Crimes Against Organizations  AJS/524  Trends in Cybercrime  Cybercrimes has been growing exponentially throughout the United States. One that is more common is identity theft that has affected many people and companies. Identity theft can be defined as intentionally taking another classifiable information without that person™s consent for personal or financial gain. There are many ways that someone information can be taken. Identity theft has become a business for many where individuals will get from digging through the garbage or paying for it through the dark web.  ID theft has been among the top consumer complaints with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for the last 17 years and ranked #1 consumer complaint from 2000 to 2015 (Tatham, 2019). When an individual™s information is stolen, the thief will typically open an unauthorized account under the victim™s name and damaging their credit as well. Fixing your credit could take between 6 months to a year depending on how much damage was incurred, this is one out of many ways the victim life can be destroyed. And if people know all your information, they can possibly identify you thoroughly just by knowing your information.   Scams Associated with Identity Theft  Examples of scams associated with identity theft is driver™s license, e commerce fraud, tax fraud, mail identity theft, and more (Tatham, 2019). The most common form identity theft is driver™s license identity theft where they will use the name to purchase