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The rate of identity theft-related fraud in the US has risen sharply since 2003, according to Gartner. In Australia, this menace costs billions of dollars in losses per annum.
Identity theft is a growing problem throughout the world, but there's a mistaken impression that it is carried out merely by rogue hackers, when it is just as likely to be the guy next door.
A Californian judge has suspended the sale of birth and death records to private companies, which have published the data online, on concerns that the records could be used to steal identities.
We need to get the facts straight about identity theft and the Internet and stop scaring consumers away from the antidote to a US$47 billion national problem in the U.S.
Identity theft is on the increase, to the tune of 10 million victims in the U.S. and $50 billion in costs. Share this list of preventive measures with your end users, friends, and family members to help protect them from this escalating crime.
We need to get the facts straight about identity theft and the Internet and stop scaring consumers away from the antidote to a US$47 billion national problem in the U.S.
Identity fraud cost the Australian community AU$1.1 billion in 2001/02, according to a report released by a senior Minister, who also acknowledged the rapid subsequent growth of the problem.
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