Identity Theft- Is the criminal use of your personal information to make fraudulent purchases, open accounts and even take out loans. (PC World October 2002)

Phishing- Is the act of sending an email to a user falsely claiming to be an established legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft. (Internetnews.com)

Thesis question:  Can Identity Theft that is perpetrated through phishing be stopped?

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