Identity Fraud in Social, Entertainment and Employment

Identification of an individual is supposed to be unique and useful for various transactions and interactions. It is often a photo, signature, date, number and a few have biometrics like a thumbprint, registered in government databases of its local citizens and foreign visitors. In Canada this is the SIN social insurance number and in America SSN social security number which allows a person to be employed and buy and sell information, services and products. In the Bible, this number to identify each person was known as a mark 'in the right hands (card) or foreheads (memories)...to buy and sell (business)'. Revelation 13:16-17.

A fake name and identity is sometimes used by some individuals for various reasons, especially in some industries and fields: entertainment and creative fictional professions like acting and writing, socialization in clubs and online social media, and even employment in call centers. Often this is done for protection of real identity because these are areas that are not taken as seriously as other areas like financial, banking, government and public services and other jobs and because it is meant to be fiction and fantasy or anonymous. One is allowed to pretend to be someone else as an author, actress, call center agent, avatar, user, etcetera. A fake photo and name protects the privacy and real identity from the public full of strangers who are also probably using fake or unknown names.

Note: fake identities are also used during wars to escape enemies or for spying to infiltrate inside their group.

But criminals unfortunately also use fake or steal someone else's real identity in impersonation for financial fraud to fool government, banks and law enforcers and scam victims in various methods of operations in lotteries, job and business opportunities, investments in real estate and credit cards. Governments and banks try to protect accounts and documents with security features in bank and credit cards, cheques,  passports, drivers licences, medical cards, and SIN and SSN cards. Each person among the seven billion persons on Earth is supposed to be unique enough that each identity should be used to match to that individual only. Science and technology are going to use blood and cell dna, genome mapping, eye and face recognition, finger prints in biometrics and digital security.

Refer to Revelation 13:16-17