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There are approximately 10 million victims of Identity Theft per year. That means 19 people become a new victim of this crime every minute.

In a recent study, 91% of people surveyed expect a heavy increase in victimization. 49% also stated that they do not feel they know how to adequately protect themselves from Identity Theft.

In a bulletin published by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, an estimated 3.6 million households were affected by identity theft during a 6-month period in 2004. That could mean that 7.2 million households were affected in a 12 month period.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice Statistics, identity theft is now passing up drug trafficking as the number one crime in the nation.

The U.S. Government Reform Committee reports that all 19 government departments and agencies reported at least one loss of personally identifiable information since Jan. 2003. Only a small number of the data breaches reported to the Committee were caused by hackers.

 

The vast majority of losses occurred from physical thefts of portable computers, drives and disks, or unauthorized use of data by employees.

The FBI estimates the average cost per financial crime investigation is $20,000.

A preliminary study done by ITRC shows that the majority of id theft criminals are repeat offenders. Other convictions include substance abuse, narcotic trafficking, violent crime, robbery and immigration issues

One study said that identity theft cost U.S. businesses and consumers $56.6 billion in 2005.

Schemes play a role in identity theft. According to the Anti-Phishing Working Group, they found a total of 23,670 phishing websites in July 2006 compared to just 4,564 in July 2005.

In 2004, victims spent an average of 330 hours recovering from this crime, often over a period of years.

 

 Unites States has the following ranking of the top ten states in 2007 along with amounts to date of Victims
       1} Arizona 8,186  2} Nevada 2,935       3} California 43,839  4} Texas 26,454    5} Colorado 4,409
       6} Florida 16,062 7} New York 17,680  8}Washington 5,654  9} Oregon 3,156   10} Illinois 11,138
 
 Canada has the following ranking of the top ten provinces in 2007 along with amounts to date of Victims
       1} Ontario 4,729      2} Quebec 2,614        3} British Columbia 2,010  4} Alberta 894    5} Manitoba 361
       6} Nova Scotia 177  7} Saskatchewan 157  8} New Brunswick 127      9} Newfoundland 58  10} P.E.I 18

 

 


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