Employee theft is the largest source of shrinkage for retailers in North America and Latin America (46.3% and 42.0% respectively), while customer theft is the leader in the Asia-Pacific region and Europe (53.8% and 46.8% respectively).
(The Global Retail Theft Barometer (GRTB), November 2008)
80% of Americans Say They Are Concerned About Identity Theft.
ID THEFT PROTECT - Identity Theft and Identity Fraud
Statistics
92.6% of all e-mail messages are spam.
(2006, Postini)
PEOPLE in the UK lose £3.5BILLION to scams each every year — equivalent to about £70 per adult.
(2007, OFT)
15 million Americans (mid 2005 to mid 2006) were victims of fraud that stemmed from identity theft, an increase of more than 50 percent from the estimated 9.9 million in 2003.
(2007 - Gartner Study)
UK online banking fraud leapt 44 per cent in 2006 following a rise in the number of phishing attacks.
(2007 - APACS Study)
Some six million people in the UK claim to have been a victim of identity theft and many are under the age of 30.
