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Are you at risk of becoming a victim of DNA Identity Theft? Some would question whether DNA Identity Theft is possible to start with. A recent informal online survey conducted by Gammawealth Strategy & Research, LLC, and published at www.CreditLock.com asked respondents whether they believed DNA Identity Theft is possible or not. The majority of respondents replied that it is possible: 68% said yes, while 31% said no.

DNA Identity Theft, also known as Genetic Identity Theft, is when a criminal uses your DNA genetic code either to make others believe he is you, or to create false whereabouts for you (such as being at a crime scene when you actually were not). Criminals can possibly use a hair, skin flake, urine sample, or even a breath, to decode your DNA, or to present such identifying trait where desired. More…

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Is the concept of DNA (Genetic) Identity Theft reality or fiction? If such concept is fiction now, there is no question that it will become reality in the future. Most of what you can possibly imagine, will one day become reality; it is only a matter of time. “Fiction-Fiction” is what we cannot even imagine today, and yet will become one day a reality. Obviously, we cannot provide examples of current “Fiction-Fiction”, but the Internet would have been “Fiction-Fiction” 1000 years ago.

Jules Verne, the French author who pioneered science-fiction (sorry Hollywood….) , dreamed about innovations considered impossible in his time. Submarines, air travel, space travel, and more were featured in his many books such as “Around The World in Eighty Days” and “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea.” None of such innovations actually existed in his day (he was born in 1828). Similarly, given the wide spread of Identity Theft, and the groundbreaking innovations in DNA research and cloning, DNA Identity Theft may already exist, and if not, will definitely exist in the future; not only will it exist, but it will also become a major problem. We do not need to prove such possibility, as long as we can imagine it…

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