Not quite worried enough that identity thieves might empty your bank account or ruin your credit rating with a shopping spree in your name? The FBI says those concerns are small spuds compared to what might happen when crooks parlay identity theft and mortgage fraud into “a totally new kind of crime: house stealing.”

Sometimes it will be an empty house or vacation home, sometimes the thieves will work their schemes while the homeowner and their families go on about their normal everyday lives, says the FBI. The ultimate identity theft: house stealing | NetworkWorld.com Community