Bite Sized English

This entry is part of a series about fraud. This entry is available as a Adobe Acrobat file for printing or use in a class. This entry includes a listening exercises. You can dowload the MP3 or play it using the button below. (MP3)

My name is Toby. I don’t think it’s possible to really steal my name. . . after all, if you did, wouldn’t that mean I was left here, nameless? And that’s just not possible. But, it’s possible for you to take my name—and probably my birthday, my social security number and maybe other personal data—to use my name by pretending to be me.

Who knows what you could do with my name: spend my money, borrow money, get married. . . lots of stuff. (I don’t think I’ve ever heard of anyone getting married under a stolen name.) When that happens, it’s possible that I could lose a lot of money. . .and maybe even wake up married.

When this happens, this is called identity theft. My identity is stolen. Today we’re going to talk about different kind of identity theft. (Because I don’t know much about this, I got my information from the Wikipedia page, if you want to read it there.) We’re going to talk about:

• Financial Identity Theft

• Criminal Identity Theft

• Medical Identity Theft

After You’ve Heard the Recording
Do you worry about this happening to you? Do you think it’s very possible? What do you to protect your identity from theft?

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December 3rd, 2009 | Tags: fraud, identity theft | Category: English Two, Vocabulary, listening | Subscribe to comments | Leave a comment | Trackback URL