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This is the fastest growing form of delinquency and yet the authorities are most helpless against it: identity theft. A non-violent delinquency, but the consequences for victims can be dramatic. According to specialists, there are more cases of identity theft each year than house burglaries or car thefts. That is, more than 200,000 last year… And on average, the damage amounts to more than 2,000 euros for the victim. We investigated the different practices of these professional impostors and the findings are chilling. A new and widespread trend: license plate theft. Fake plates, cars registered in another name: thousands of motorists drive like this in order to have their tickets sent to someone else and the bill can sometimes be steep... Not to mention those who manage to open bank accounts in your name, to spend without counting and let you foot the bill... But some go even further: we have found the trail of a woman who, for years, has been living under the identity of another person! And now it is up to the victim to have to prove her identity... How do these imposters do it? How far are they prepared to go and, above all, how can they protect themselves? Some of these new crooks often start their scams... by searching our trash! directors: Manuel Laigre