There are lots expert thieves in stealing your personal data which is more important to you.
Usually they use variety of tools and techniques to steal your personal data, such as searching your trash folders to find out your personal identity or data on it.
The most important data, such as credit card numbers, can be stolen by using a special storage device whenever you are processing your credit card.
Another famous scam, known as phishing, can be used to pretend they are from financial institutions or companies.
They send email messages or pop-up messages,so that you finally reveal your personal data or information to them.
Interestingly, there are scams which try to change your billing address.
After obtaining a new location, they begin to open accounts in your name.
You might get a email saying that you won one billion dollar lottery in their computer generated lottery, but to pay that amount you need to pay some small processing fee amount and details about you so that you get your actual prize money.
This type of emails famously known as email scams.
There are lots of people who lost their money and lives through this type of email scams.
Some times they make you believe that they are from charitable trust which needs financial help,so that you may give your personal data to such emails which is one of the scam to steal your personal identity.
There are people who send instant messages or emails who offer the products very low price which temps you to buy a product.
Sometimes, they can redirect to a fake website which makes you to enter your personal data and get paid for the products which you never receive.
In fact, there are scams like offering a job, which finally steals your pocket and personal data.
Always verify the source before giving any information.
Remember, legitimate companies will not do security checks in this manner.
Be wary and be safe.