When Thieves Use Your Name and Good Credit Rating to Get

question 14

Multiple Choice

When thieves use your name and good credit rating to get cash or buy things, they are engaging in

• A) Robin Hood theft.
• B) credit mishandling.
• C) credit exploitation.
• D) identity theft.
• E) misuse of standing.

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Definitions:

Economics

The social science that studies how individuals, governments, firms, and nations make choices on allocating scarce resources to satisfy their unlimited wants.

Federal Government

The national government of a federated state, which holds the authority to govern at a level above individual states or provinces.

Opportunity Cost

The expense associated with missing out on the second-best choice while deciding among multiple possibilities.