Bank Loans/Credit Cards Account for Just 20% of Identity Theft

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>]

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110708005593/en/Bank-LoansCredit-Cards-Account-20-Identity-Theft

According to IdentityHawk data, 17% of consumers have personally been
victims of identity theft, and 28% of households have at least one
victim of identity theft. Analysis shows that the percent of identity
theft from credit accounts was just 20% of total identity theft. The
other 80% was comprised of the following:

  * 15% Trading SSN (Social Security number), CCN (credit card
numbers) and other personal data (usernames & passwords)
  * 16% Bank account debit
  * 10% False address
  * 10% Government documents & benefits fraud
  * 8% Electronic funds transfer
  * 8% Wireless accounts
  * 6% Utility account fraud
  * 4% Telephone accounts
  * 3% Evading the law
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