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Identity Theft Survey Report 2003 - Incidence of Identity Theft, Past Year.
* Within the past year, 1.5% of those surveyed said that they had discovered that their personal
information had been misused to open new accounts, to obtain new loans, or to commit theft,
fraud, or other crimes. (“New Accounts & Other Frauds” ID Theft) This indicates that almost
3.25 million American adults were victimized in this way within the last year.
* 2.4% of participants indicated that they had discovered that they were victims of the “Misuse of
Existing Credit Cards or Credit Card Numbers” within the last year. 0.7% of participants
indicated that they had discovered that they were victims of the “Misuse of Existing Non-Credit
Card Accounts or Account Numbers” during that period of time.
* A total of 4.6% of those who participated in this survey indicated that they had discovered that
they were the victim of some form of ID Theft within the last year. This suggests that almost 10
million adults in the United States were victims in the past year.
* 28% of Identity Theft victims whose ID Theft experience included the misuse of existing
credit cards said that the misused card had been either lost or stolen.
* 16% of victims who had their existing credit cards misused said that the person who
misused their credit card also tried to “take over” the account by doing such things as
changing the billing address or adding themselves to the card as an authorized user.
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