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Identity Theft Information
Identity theft occurs when a thief obtains and
uses your personal and financial information, such as your Social Security
Number and bank account numbers, without your permission to commit fraud
or other crimes. Skilled thieves have a variety of ways to obtain your
personal information including: stealing your mail
(i.e. bank and credit card statements, tax information, new
checks or credit card offers), phishing online or completing a change of
address form to divert your mail.
Identity theft is a rising crime around the world.
For instance, according to the Federal Trade Commission's Consumer
Sentinel complaint database, from January 1 - December 31, 2004 there were
over 635,000 consumer fraud and identity theft complaints and reported
losses of more than $547 million.
Dollar Bank has gathered some
information from the
experts for you to read. Click one of the links below for detailed
information on identity theft and how to report an incident, tips on how
to protect yourself and more statistics on reported incidents.
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