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Identity Theft Survey Report 2003 - Money paid out of pocket.
· For most victims of Identity Theft (63%), there was no loss of money out-of-pocket.
 
· Almost three-quarters of victims who only suffered the misuse of existing credit card accounts had no out-of-pocket losses. However, eve ...   More details

Identity Theft Survey Report 2003 - Most important action that would have helped.
· When asked what could have been done to help fix the problems victims experienced as a result of Identity Theft, the action most frequently cited by victims who spent at least 10 hours of their time resolving problems was to improve the inv ...   More details

Identity Theft Survey Report 2003 - New accounts opened by identity thieves.
· Among Identity Theft victims, 17% said the thief used the victim’s personal information to open at least one new account, such as new credit card accounts, new loans, new telephone service accounts, or some other new account.
 
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Identity Theft Survey Report 2003 - Problem resolution.
· Although just 5% of victims said the misuse of their information was ongoing at the time of the survey, four times that number – 21% of all Identity Theft victims – said they were still experiencing problems as a result of that misuse. (Whe ...   More details

Identity Theft Survey Report 2003 - Problems experienced (Part II).
· When the crime is detected more quickly, fewer problems emerge. Among those who discovered the Identity Theft within one month of the initial crime, 26% reported having one or more of these problems. This compares to 76% of victims having s ...   More details

Identity Theft Survey Report 2003 - Problems experienced.
· Victims were asked whether they had experienced various types of problems as a result of having their personal information misused. These included having problems obtaining or using a credit card, being turned down for a loan, or having pro ...   More details

Identity Theft Survey Report 2003 - Reporting ID Theft.
Most victims of ID Theft do not report the crime to criminal authorities. Only about 25 percent of victims who participated in the survey said that they had reported the crime to local police. Even with the more serious “New Accounts and Other Frau ...   More details

Identity Theft Survey Report 2003 - Satisfaction with credit bureaus.
· Among ID Theft victims who reported contacting a single credit reporting agency, a majority (58%) said they were either “very” or “somewhat” satisfied with the way their report was handled by the agency.
 
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Identity Theft Survey Report 2003 - Satisfaction with credit card company.
· Among those who had just one existing credit card misused or who had one new credit card account opened in their name (56% of all Identity Theft victims), those who reported contacting the credit card company were overwhelmingly satisfied w ...   More details

Identity Theft Survey Report 2003 - Satisfaction with local law enforcement response.
· Of the 26% of victims who contacted local law enforcement 53% said they were “very” or “somewhat” satisfied.
 
· However, a substantial percentage of the 26% of victims who contacted local law enforcement were “very” dissat ...   More details