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The main U.S. government web site about identity theft.

So there is a new identity theft bill going through Congress right now, which is good, but it probably won't really help, which is bad.

The non-profit Identity Theft Resource Center, which takes a broader and I think more useful view of the problem.

Let's turn fighting identity theft into a business!

So identity theft is up 79 percent and Earthlink lays the blame on Phisher web sites that pretend to be eBay or some other trusted institution to which the techno-perps hope you'll give your personal financial information.