Justice Dept. Report: 3.6 Million US Households Were Identity Theft Victims During A Six-Month Period In 2004 (Identity Theft Prevention)

Justice Dept. Report: 3.6 Million US Households Were Identity Theft Victims During A Six-Month Period In 2004
April 3, 2006 An estimated 3.6 million households, or about 3 percent of all households in the nation, learned that they had been the victim of at least one type of identity theft during a six-month period in 2004, the Justice Departments Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today.
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3.6 Million U.S. Households Were Identity Theft Victims During a Six-Month Period in 2004
An estimated 3.6 million households, or about 3 percent of all households in the nation, learned that they had been the victim of at least one type of identity theft during a six-month period in 2004, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. Forty-eight percent had experienced unauthorized use of credit cards; 25 percent had other accounts, such as banking
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Police investigating credit fraud
VINELAND -- Police here are warning newspaper subscribers to check their credit card statements after a female employee of The Press of Atlantic City was arrested Thursday in connection with a fraud and forgery investigation, authorities said.
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Area busts reflect surge in ID theft
Within a two-week span last month, Montebello detectives busted two separate identity theft scams, confiscating hundreds of stolen Social Security and bank account numbers, among other personal information.
Source: www.sgvtribune.com