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A New Victim Every 2 Seconds
By karen | February 11, 2009
Have you noticed that along with the many stories about the state of the economy, you’re seeing more and more reports of crimes? Is it any wonder that identity theft is thriving? According to Gartner, 15 million identities per year are stolen, a new victim once every 2 seconds. Given 15 million a year, in ten years every U.S. citizen who uses the Net will have had his or her identity stolen. Well, either that or one unfortunate person will have to suffer through filing 150 million claims for himself.
According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, the incidence of identity theft increased by 50 percent in 2008 from 2007, and it continues to be one of the fastest-growing crimes in the United States.
There is a thriving online international black market in stolen identities that local, state, federal, and international law enforcement seem powerless to stop. In fact, it has gotten so easy to steal and sell identities that prices have come down dramatically over the past two years. Why does it seem like it is getting easier for the bad guys and harder for the good guys like you and me? Because your identity is spread far and wide around the Internet, and its protection is out of your hands.
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