I was very sad because I heard that my friend is now facing a big issue with her credit provider. The harshest thing there is that it was not her who created the mess; it was a horror for her to know that a person stole her identity and used her name to make purchases. Now she has this big amount to pay when she never even had tasted anything from the purchases. I think I should find ways of preventing identity theft. You know it is a sad reality that the world is really mean already.I think the best way of preventing identity theft is to be really cautious because you’ll never know who you are dealing with especially in the internet. Another way of preventing identity theft is to get services that offer such, this way you know you have someone to turn to when any problem arise.