Don't write letters!

I taught a lesson on formal letter format this week. We talked about the parts, what order they go in, etc. The next day we reviewed and Othello (an easily distracted, full of energy kid that talks too fast when he's excited) says, "Well what if someone has your letter and they take your signature and like clone you and like start writing your checks and steal your money?"
I replied with, "You mean like identity theft?"
"Yeah"
And that led to an off subject discussion of identity theft. I finally reasured my frantic seventh graders that if they wrote a letter with their signature, the theft would also need their checks and when asked to presnent ID while using the check he or she would be caught. It was rough there for a bit though. They almost decided against writing letters! LOL.