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2. Outsmart hackers who are out to steal your identity - AOL

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   According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 24 million Americans reported identity theft in the past 12 months. In their lifetime, 1 in 3 Americans (more than 110 million people) have ...

3. Identity theft - Wikipedia

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   The term identity theft was coined in 1964. [1] Since that time, the definition of identity theft has been legally defined throughout both the UK and the U.S. as the theft of personally identifiable information. Identity theft deliberately uses someone else's identity as a method to gain financial advantages or obtain credit and other benefits.

4. FBI Cyber Division - Wikipedia

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   [4] Keeping the focus not only on national security but also on threats to citizens of the United States, the FBI has long been focused on identity theft, which is a growing concern for American citizens. Since fiscal year 2008 through the middle of fiscal year 2013, the number of identity theft related crimes investigated by the Bureau across ...

5. Identity theft in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The Identity Theft Resource Center said there were 662 data breaches in the United States in 2010, almost a 33% increase from the previous year. [19] Between January, 2015 and September, 2017, the Identity Theft Resource Center estimates that there were 7,920 breaches affecting more than one billion records that could lead to identity theft. [18]

6. Opinion - Congress must prevent a mass-amnesty for COVID fraud

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   This includes using identity theft (or even just using the governor’s name) to apply for unemployment, or applying in multiple states at the same time, or applying while incarcerated or employed ...

7. Real-Life Identity Theft Horror Stories - AOL

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   Identity Crisis. Identity theft has become common in the United States. The Federal Trade Commission got 1.4 million reports of it last year as the pandemic worsened the trend.Incidents in 2019 ...