|
Scale of Problem |
|
$60 Billion
Cost of identity theft in last 5 years in US -
(FTC) |
3.4%
Percent of US population fallen victim to identity theft - (Gartner) |
600 hours
Average number of hours required for an individual to recover from
identity theft- (Identity Theft Resource Center)
|
|
Growth of Identity Fraud |
|
102,517
Number of consumer complaints about Internet scams to Federal Trade
Commission(FTC) and other law enforcement and consumer organizations
in 2002; nearly twice as many as in 2001 - (FTC) |
3%
Estimated number of people who actually report fraud to FTC - (FTC) |
79%
Identity theft growth June 2002 to June 2003 - (Gartner)
|
|
Victims |
|
70%
Victims of Internet fraud between the ages of 20 and 50 - (FBI) |
40%
Email users fooled by Citibank scam, September 2003 - (MailFrontier) |
