ID theft, fraud cost Americans $ 1.52B last yearArticle from msnbc.com: WASHINGTON — Identity theft and other scams cost Americans $ 1.52 billion last year, the Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday. In a nationwide sampling of consumer complaints, law enforcement and other agencies received 1.8 million complaints last year, up from 1.4 million in 2010 [...]
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Identity Thefts Tops List Of Consumer ComplaintsArticle from WCVB-TV: Blake Ellis POSTED: 1:43 pm EST February 28, 2012UPDATED: 2:44 pm EST February 28, 2012 NEW YORK (CNNMoney) – For the 12th year in a row, identity theft was the No. 1 consumer complaint — irking consumers more than debt collectors, imposter scams and shady credit [...]
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Identity theft up double digits in 2011Article from DigitalIDNews: Share Monday, February 27, 2012 According to Javelin Strategy & Research, the amount of identity theft rose 13% from 2010 to 2011, reports Digital Trends. In terms of hard numbers, about ten million adults experienced identity theft in 2010, a figure that rose to 11.6 million [...]
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Identity theft up double digits in 2011Article from DigitalIDNews: Share Monday, February 27, 2012 According to Javelin Strategy & Research, the amount of identity theft rose 13% from 2010 to 2011, reports Digital Trends. In terms of hard numbers, about ten million adults experienced identity theft in 2010, a figure that rose to 11.6 million [...]
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FTC Says Tax-Related ID Theft Complaints on RiseArticle from ABC News: The government says the number of identity theft complaints involving tax and wage fraud is soaring even as law enforcement tries to crack down. Federal Trade Commission officials tell The Associated Press that 24 percent of the nearly 279,000 identity theft complaints it received [...]
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FTC says tax-related ID theft complaints on riseArticle from Green Bay Press Gazette: WASHINGTON (WTW) — The government says the number of identity theft complaints involving tax and wage fraud is soaring even as law enforcement tries to crack down. Federal Trade Commission officials tell The Associated Press that 24 percent of the nearly 279,000 [...]
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FTC says tax-related ID theft complaints on riseArticle from Green Bay Press Gazette: WASHINGTON (WTW) — The government says the number of identity theft complaints involving tax and wage fraud is soaring even as law enforcement tries to crack down. Federal Trade Commission officials tell The Associated Press that 24 percent of the nearly 279,000 [...]
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Louisiana sheriff faces computer fraud, ID theft chargesArticle from Alexandria Town Talk: Timeline –Oct. 20, 2007: Elected sheriff of Ouachita Parish. –June 28, 2008: Royce Toney is sworn in as sheriff by Supreme Court Justice Chet Traylor at a large gathering of deputies and their spouses, other state and local officials and supporters. The outgoing [...]
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Stoughton puppy mill operator faces identity theft chargesArticle from Wicked Local: Twice convicted of animal cruelty, former Stoughton puppy mill operator Linda Snow is facing more legal trouble. Recently released from a Connecticut jail, she’s now being held without bail in Massachusetts as she awaits two actions in Norfolk County Superior Court – a surrender [...]
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ID theft rising among smart phone, social media usersArticle from CBS 21:From The Orlando Sentinel: Social media users who post their personal information online or on smartphone apps are fueling the rise of identity theft in the United States, a new report shows. A report released today by Javelin Strategy & Research, a firm that [...]
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