Frightening Statistics

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• In 2005 there were more than 100,000 victims of ID fraud in the UK
• ID Fraud is the UK’s fastest growing white collar crime
• ID Fraud costs the UK £1.7bn per year
• It takes the average victim over 300 hours of stress and worry to put their records straight after their identity has been stolen
• In 2005 it was estimated that card related identity fraud cost the UK economy £439m
• 41% of PC users don’t have an active firewall (source APACS)

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