Not only the celebrities but everybody is having a strong presence in internet. Think if one day you see that someone has stole your identity and your online accounts. Terrifying isn’t?
But its not an imaginary tale no more. 1 in every 15 person has been prey to identity theft. The identity. According to Bureau of Justice 5% of all persons of US aging over 16 years has experienced identity theft in the period 2007-2008.
- According to Javeline study 11.1 million US adult people have been the victim of identity fraud. Total fraud amount has also been increased by 12.5% and reached $54 billion.
- The only good news is that prompt action against the fraud and more consumer awareness has been able to drop the fraud resolution time. Now a fraud resolution is taking 21 hours which is 30% less than previous year. Now nearly 50% victims submit complain to police and the prosecution has tripled in the time. In a single sentence we can classify Fraud is up but resolution hour dropped.
- Data breaches in various industries has been continuing and 63% of times full name & 37% the physical address of a person has been compromised. Health insurance information theft has increased by 4%. Instances of Social security number compromised, has reduced from 38% to 32%.
- 75% of the card fraud victims have been using credit cards which is 12% more than last year.
- Users age group: 18-24 years age group are the slowest to detect the identity fraud and online accounts. They are least prone to checking the online account statements and security checks and these reasons are making the age group a soft target for the online fraudsters.
- The mean fraud amount per victim has been $4841 and this is really shocking to see such a large amount at stake for each victim.
All the statistics are clear enough to mark that although our society knows about the online identity theft but very few are prepared to counter the fraudsters. Some simple steps can ensure that we remain out of clutch of the online frauds. Install reliable anti viruses and malwares and update those regularly. Don’t share any important personal information online. And for many more preventive measures checkout the next post.
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