Houston City College

• Identity documents

  It never changes, so it stays useful to a fraudster for life — and can open accounts or credit in your name.

  Identity theft →

• Phone number

  Used for calls and texts that open already knowing who you are.

  Fake adviser calls →

• Postal address

  Used to stage a delivery, a utility visit or a neighbour that never happened.

  Social engineering →

• Date of birth

  Used to clear the “confirm your identity” step on a call you did not make.

  Identity theft →

• Email address

  The address every one of these scams will arrive at.

  Phishing →

• Name

  Used to make a cold approach look like a conversation already under way.

  Social engineering →

• Education

  Where and when you studied — a detail that makes a stranger sound like they know you.

• Demographic details

  Age, gender and the like. Relatively harmless on their own.

• Passwords
• Bank details
• Card numbers

So there is no password to change here — the usual first move does not apply.

The record shows what was found in the data. Not listed is not the same as proven untouched.