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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