ID THEFT PROTECT - Identity Theft and Identity Fraud Statistics

Online banking fraud has increased by 55%, reaching nearly £23 million in the first half of 2006. (2006 - APACS)

Online banking scams have increased by 8,000% in the past two years in the U.K. (2006 - FSA)

Identity fraud, of which Impersonation of the Deceased (IOD) fraud is a type, costs the UK economy in excess of £1 billion a year. (2006 - e Gov monitor)

MORE than four million UK citizens claim to have been the victim of identity fraud, (2006 - Sainsbury Report)

Every year one in 15 Britons fall victim to scams involving deceptive unsolicited mailings, phone calls, or emails. (2006, OFT)

Note: Statistics are in ascending month order.

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