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PROTECT YOURSELF AGAINST IDENTITY THEFT
By Jason Michaels | October 22, 2007
Identity theft is a serious crime =96 one that is occurring with an
alarming frequency. The statistics are mind-boggling.
* 1 in 4 US households have been victimized
* 10 million people last year affected
* Loss to businesses tops $47.6 billion
* Loss to victims about $5 billion
* Each victim spends about 30 hours trying to recover their name.
The problem of identity theft has become the number one fear of
consumers in the world today, and unfortunately, it’s becoming more
and more common
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