Pilfering of personal identity thieves
Federal Trade Commission announced Wednesday that identity theft complaints far exceeded other areas of fraud such as auction sites misleading and lotteries. The figures come from a database of government more than 200000 complaints in 2001 of more than 50 law enforcement and consumer associations.Privacy advocates say that the number of victims of identity theft can be as high as 750000 per annum.
“We have seen an explosion of these crimes and it is not far,” said Beth Givens, director of data protection Rights Clearinghouse, San Diego consumer group.
Givens said consumers should focus on its credit reports twice a year, shred personal files throw away, and clean the old portfolio receipts printed and social insurance numbers.
However, she warns, you can still preventive measures, but a victim. “
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