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Your credit is very important, if you want to borrow money – which you do every time you use a credit card — or to take out any kind of loan, to buy a house or a car. Bad credit can make it hard for you to get or keep a credit card, rent an apartment, get insurance, or even …

Synthetic Identity Theft is becoming very big business — and it can sneak up on you. Scammers are creating fake people, using bits and pieces of stolen identities, and if one of those pieces came from you, your credit could be badly damaged — for no apparent reason. Here’s what you can do about it.