Organizers of National Protect Your Identity Month are hoping to bring identity theft to the attention of Americans, just like Breast Cancer Awareness Month has brought million of women to their first mammograms.
Many people still think identity theft is something that only happens to other people, but the statistics show otherwise. In 2007,
- 8.4 million Americans fell victims to identity theft.
- Losses came to $49.3 billion for the year.
- Identity theft has been the top complaint tot he Federal Trade Commission for the last five years.
- Identity theft victims spent an average of 600 hours trying to resolve issues related to the theft of their identity
- Identity theft victims lost and average of $5,720, and spent an average of $1,400 trying to repair their credit and re-establish their good name.
The Identity Theft Resource Center conducts an annual Aftermath survey of identity theft victims. The 2007 survey revealed that 62% of respondents reported that thieves had committed financial crimes that resulted in arrest warrants being issued in the victim’s name. That number is more than 250% higher than the number of non-financial identity theft reported in 2006.
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