Identity thieves are getting craftier by the minute.

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Well, I've heard about it for so long on the news. I even work for a company that sells Identity Theft Protection, but I never thought that Identity Theft would strike my own home, or about what an Identity Thief would buy!!! My mother was the victim of Identity Theft a couple of weeks ago. She found out by looking on her NEW bank account online, someone had taken the information that she had never given out, and purchased a couple of items on the internet. Here's the kicker, the first thing the theif bought? Identity theft protection!!! I guess the person thought since it was so easy to get the information, he/she better protect themself before someone got to theirs too!!! Of course my mom went through the procedures to get these charges taken off her account, but new charges have been coming in periodically, what should she do? Identity theft protection wouldn't help in this case, because most companies, including the one I work for, only help in the case of someone opening new accounts in your name, they don't monitor anything that is already in existence when you sign up. Although she has a good bank, and they accept and process each fraud that comes in, they say the only thing she can do is get a new account number. Is there anything she can do short of that?