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Released: February 10, 2011
ID theft statistics better, but you don’t want to be one
Source: Michelle Singletary, Washington Post (Free Registration)
There’s some good news and some bad news about identity theft.
The good news is that last year the number of people victimized decreased 28 percent, to 8.1 million, according to a report by Javelin Strategy & Research. Although that’s still a huge number, it’s 3 million fewer victims than in 2009. Overall losses from identity fraud also fell last year, to $37 billion, from $56 billion in 2009.
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