Report: ID theft claims 27 million victims over last 5 years WASHINGTON - More than 27 million people have been victims of identity theft in the last five.

Report: ID theft claims 27 million victims over last 5 years

WASHINGTON - More than 27 million people have been victims of identity theft in the last five years, costing them $5 billion. and businesses and financial institutions almost $48 billion, the Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday.

The FTC released a survey showing that in the last year alone, 9.9 million people were victims of identity theft.

September 3, 2003

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Identity Theft

March 24, 2004Web ID Theft Scam Smashed news4colorado.com Federal officials have shut down an identity theft scam in which a man tricked Internet users into providing their credit card and bank account numbers. …The government says he got hundreds of people to provide information by sending e-mails that appeared to come from America Online or Paypal…had 473 credit card numbers, 152 sets of bank account numbers and bank routing numbers and 566 sets of user names and passwords for Internet service accounts.

February 10, 2004State of Utah, Division of Risk ManagementOne case in Utah had a device put up in an ATM booth. A sign next to it said, “Clean your card”. Unsuspecting people would run their card wanting to get it cleaned before using the ATM, and the information was then stored.

In another case, the device was put over the original ATM slot…

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Bank ATMs Converted to Steal IDs of Bank Customers

A team of organized criminals is installing equipment on legitimate bank ATMs in at least 2 regions to steal both the ATM card number and the PIN. The team sits nearby in a car receiving the information transmitted wirelessly over weekends and evenings from equipment they install on the front of the ATM

The equipment used to capture your ATM card number and PIN is cleverly disguised to look like normal ATM equipment. A "skimmer" is mounted to the front of the normal ATM card slot that reads the ATM card number and transmits it to the criminals sitting in a nearby car.

Bank ATMs Converted to Steal IDs of Bank Customers

Bank ATMs Converted to Steal IDs of Bank Customers

At the same time, a wireless camera is disguised to look like a leaflet holder and is mounted in a position to view ATM PIN entries.

The thieves copy the cards and use the PIN numbers to withdraw thousands from many accounts in a very short time directly from the bank ATM.

Bank ATMs Converted to Steal IDs of Bank Customers

If you see an attachment like this, do not use the ATM and report it immediately to the bank using the 800 number or phone on the front of the ATM.

Identity Theft

If it happens to you, what will you do?

There are a few solutions

#1: Handle it on your own

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