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AskMen.com March 12, 2003 Steve Richer	How To: Avoid Identity Theft Criminals steal identities to commit all kinds of fraud and hide the misdeeds they commit. In 2001, there were more than 86,000 victims of this crime in the United States; that figure almost doubled to 162,000 in 2002. Read on to learn how to avoid being the next victim.
InternetNews January 30, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	ID Theft And Internet Fraud Declining? New studies indicate that the Internet isn't as dangerous as other places.
InternetNews March 11, 2005 Jim Wagner	New Service to Put ID Protection in Your Hands Amid a flurry of data theft issues, Intersections readies an in-depth service to police who's trying to use all your data. This can help you spot identity theft.
BusinessWeek July 3, 2006 Dean Foust	ID Theft: More Hype Than Harm Law enforcement officials say the criminals tend not to follow through after stealing personal data.
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PC Magazine June 21, 2006 Robert Lemos	Defending Your Identity Hardly a week goes by without companies and universities losing digital identities. What can be done?
Wall Street & Technology October 26, 2005	Consumer Data At Risk Despite warnings and increased scrutiny by financial services firms, 16% of consumers have had their financial information stolen, 13% have experienced monetary loss because of the theft of their financial data and 12% have had their Social Security numbers stolen, according to a recent survey.
InternetNews May 23, 2006 Roy Mark	VA Data Breach Stirs Washington In the second-largest data breach on record -- and the biggest Social Security numbers breach ever - the Department of Veterans Affairs disclosed Monday approximately 26.5 million veterans are at risk of identity theft.
Bank Technology News November 2008 Rebecca Sausner	New Methods to Bust Transaction-Level Fraud A 40 percent increase in the amount of ATM and debit fraud detected could probably pay for the technology investment behind it pretty quickly, given that debit fraud in the U.S. is a $1 billion -- and growing -- problem, with few solutions.
InternetNews February 1, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	FTC: Identity Theft, Fraud on the Rise A new report by the FTC finds increases in fraud and identity theft. E-mail and the Web were fraud tools of choice on the Internet.
AskMen.com Michael Hirsch	How To: Deal With Identity Theft You probably don't think about it, but transactions you take for granted every day put you at risk for identity theft.
PC World April 29, 2008 Dan Tynan	Identity-Theft Protection: What Services Can You Trust? New online services offer to protect you from identity theft, and some claim to help you undo damage after it happens. But when we tested the services, we found that many fall short.
Bank Systems & Technology November 23, 2009 Maria Bruno-Britz	This Holiday Shopping Season Will See More Debit, Less Credit Accenture Holiday Shopping Survey notes that thrifty Americans are opting to use cash/debit in their spending and that banks would do well to be mindful of these changing payment preferences.
Wall Street & Technology March 18, 2008 Cory Levine	Identity Fraud on the Decline Despite the hype, identity fraud is on the decline, according to a new survey. But as fraudsters return to traditional channels, such as phone lines, to steal the trusting public's personal information, few financial institutions have implemented multifactor authentication for telephone banking.
InternetNews May 22, 2006 Roy Mark	Thieves Bag Data on 26.5M Vets Personal data on more than 26 million veterans is at risk of identity theft after a Department of Veterans Affairs' employee's home was burglarized and the data stolen.
PC World October 2002 Anne Kandra	Don't Let Them Steal Your Good Name Identity theft is skyrocketing -- and it's even being used to fund terrorism. The Web can be a real boon for identity thieves, helping them find information about victims and profit from the crime.
Entrepreneur December 2003 Stephen Barlas	Taking Credit Washington shields businesses from identity theft losses.
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InternetNews September 1, 2005 Roy Mark	States Lead Congress on Breach Protections While federal lawmakers dither on data-breach legislation to protect against identity theft, states take matters into their own hands.
Bank Systems & Technology March 7, 2005 Cynthia Ramsaran	ID Theft Hits Paper Harder Despite growing fears of online fraud related to Web-based banking services, the increase in identity theft is hitting consumers closer to home than in cyberspace. Identity theft crimes are more often committed off-line rather than online.
InternetNews August 18, 2005 Tim Gray	Consumers' Online Security Concerns Rising A new study suggests that authentication technologies may help regain online users' trust.
InternetNews February 18, 2005 Tim Gray	Data Theft Fallout Spreads to 145,000 Data aggregation firm ChoicePoint responds to pressure to let more people know if identity thieves have their data, which may include credit reports, addresses, and social security numbers.
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The Motley Fool June 15, 2006 Shannon Zimmerman	Your Evil Twin You mean it wasn't you who bought that Rolex and Mercedes last night in Maui? Identity theft is a real concern. Fortunately, there are ways to fight back.
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The Motley Fool February 22, 2005 Rich Smith	ChoicePoint Steps Up Identity theft scam shakes confidence in the information broker, despite its efforts to right its wrongs.
InternetNews May 26, 2005 Tim Gray	BofA Steps up Authenticity Plan Bank of America moved quickly to restore its reputation this week, announcing a new online authentication service it says will help prevent online fraud and identity theft.
The Motley Fool June 8, 2006 Dayana Yochim	Is Your Credit Being Hacked? Catching identity crime early could save you more than $400 and 40 hours of administrative hassle. Here are seven signs that your credit may be under attack.
U.S. Banker March 2004 John Engen	Identity Victims Get Badly Needed Help Bankers view the industry's first stab at forging a unified response to the problem as a strong signal-sender. "Customers can see that we're banding together to stop this, and we can send a message to criminals that we're not working in a siloed fashion," says Mary Blegen, head of US Bancorp's fraud liaison center.
The Motley Fool August 14, 2007 Selena Maranjian	How Insecure Is Your Credit Card? The plastic in your pocket may not fight fraud as well as you think.
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Bank Technology News March 2004 Karen Krebsbach	The Other Victims of ID Fraud Banks ID fraud is morphing into a throbbing migraine for financial services firms charged with twin challenges of increased responsibility to protect consumers and greater pressure to defend their own bottom line.
The Motley Fool December 30, 2005	The Upside of Credit Card Theft If your card gets swiped -- literally -- you're only on the hook for $50. But you still need to protect yourself from identity theft at home.
Bank Technology News October 2009 Michael Sisk	Wire Fraud's Growing Threat Just how big a problem wire fraud has become is a matter of some debate -- confusion fueled in part by banks' and businesses' reluctance to speak openly about it.
Bank Technology News June 2006	If It's Loyalty You Seek, Forget Fees For Credit Monitoring At a time when customers are worried about becoming victims of ID theft, banks have a huge opportunity to cement relationships by offering free credit monitoring services to all customers.
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U.S. Banker July 2005 Holly Sraeel	Want to Make a CEO Wince? Talk About Fraud. When bankers refer to fraud in public, it often comes off as if the theft does not involve a human being. Behind the financial losses and data breaches are people-on both sides of the problem.
PC Magazine August 22, 2008 Matthew D. Sarrel	Thwarting Identity Theft Identity theft has been a federal offense since 1998. But are we getting any better at dealing with it? Actually, we are. Here are several tips to prevent financial loss from identity theft.
Bank Systems & Technology February 10, 2010 Penny Crosman	ID Fraud Grew 12% in 2009, But Wells Fargo's Fraud Losses Are Down Javelin Research's latest fraud survey finds identity fraud continues to rise, but losses are down at some banks due to fraud detection technology improvements.
Bank Technology News September 2004 Holly Sraeel	The Skinny On Fraud: Banks Aren't That Helpful When It Hits While banks have spent scads of dollars educating the public on fraud, there's a disconnect between what banks intend to do on behalf of customers and what actually occurs once fraud is reported.