Name Stolen? identity theft

ID Theft Statistics

40% of all respondents dispose of financial documents without burning or shredding them, whilst 59% of the under 30s admit to this.

27% of people use the same PIN and password for their credit card and bank accounts but with the under 30s the figure rises to 31%.

12% of all people store on a computer, or write down, their PIN numbers or passwords.

11% admit to disclosing personal information in a public place.


◦	Identity Theft Protection

◦	Practise Safe Computing

◦	Internet Identity Theft

◦	Preventing ID Theft & Financial Fraud Offline

◦	Telephone Scams

◦	Online Scams