I was reading this article on the history of identity theft-- like, back when if you wanted someone's identity you had to kill them for it.
But actually, even without that sort of extreme, photo-ID-less model, you used to be able to steal important information from dumpsters on via over the phone scams. So, like a lot of the other things we've learned about, internet ID theft is an old thing that has adapted itself to new technology.
