The Walking Dead: Stealing the identity of the Dead

With technology evolving it has become easier to steal a person's identity. Identity theft is when someone steal a piece of your information, whereas identity fraud is when they then use the information, most of the time these two go hand in hand. Identity theft is very common. In 2012 alone there were 12.6 million reported cases. There are also different types of identity theft, like financial which is the most common. Criminal pretending to be someone else when you are convicted. Cloning which is assuming someone else's identity. Synthetic when you take someone's info and combine it with fake information. Medical, when you use their information to obtain medical care or drugs. Lastly there is ghostly which is using the identity of a dead person. The article I found was on Ghosting (http://eco-comics.blogspot.com/2009/06/how-easy-is-it-to-steal-dead-mans.html) It touched on how this method of identity is very rare, in fact it is the rarest form because it is so difficult to execute. It is extremely difficult in todays day in age due to technological advances. Since many records are filed online it is hard for criminals to get a hold of them. As well as finger prints it is all electronic so it is very difficult to steal a dead person's identity