While identity theft involves impersonation, impersonation doesn’t always mean identity theft has occurred.
For instance, if someone puts your name and phone number on Craigslist and says that you are selling a 1918 Model T car, and then you get a lot of calls from people wanting to buy your Model T (which you don’t have)—well, that’s annoying, but it’s considered impersonation.
The impersonator didn’t cause any harm to your credit, steal your information in order to steal your money, or do anything to warrant the fines or jail sentence typical for identity thieves.
For instance, if someone puts your name and phone number on Craigslist and says that you are selling a 1918 Model T car, and then you get a lot of calls from people wanting to buy your Model T (which you don’t have)—well, that’s annoying, but it’s considered impersonation.
The impersonator didn’t cause any harm to your credit, steal your information in order to steal your money, or do anything to warrant the fines or jail sentence typical for identity thieves.
This is from https://cookattorneys.com/criminal-impersonation-and-identit...