Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Identity theft booms, even as thieves rely on old-fashioned methods


"...Fourteen percent of identity theft incidents came from online or data breaches, and 5 percent from postal fraud. Once your information has been obtained, thieves tend to open up new credit cards, Travelers reports. Stolen information is used for new accounts 75 percent of the time. ..."    



This Article is From: www.creditcards.com

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