Highlights Americans state that crime is one of their top concerns. Per Gallup, fear of crime is at record levels. Crime was a top issue…
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Category: identity theft
Per FBI-Cybercrimes Almost Double-37 Billion In Losses Since 2019
Highlights There have been huge increases in cybercrime-internet crimes since 2019. There have been 37 billion dollars in cybercrime losses since 2019. These crimes cost…
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Would More Crime Reporting Overwhelm The Justice System?
Highlights 7 percent of 24 million identity theft victims reported the incident to law enforcement. 42 percent of violent crimes are reported. 32 percent of…
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A User-Friendly Summation of Updated US Crime Statistics
Updated late October 2023 This article promotes a yearly summation of the best, user-friendly crime statistics from federal and related sources. Did you know that…
View More A User-Friendly Summation of Updated US Crime Statistics23 Million Americans Are Victims Of Identity Theft Costing Over 15 Billion Dollars
Highlights Per the USDOJ, 23 million persons reported that they had been victims of identity theft during the prior 12 months costing $15.1 billion. Based…
View More 23 Million Americans Are Victims Of Identity Theft Costing Over 15 Billion Dollars26 Million Victims of Identity Theft-93 Percent Without Police Involvement
Highlights Increasing numbers of Americans are victimized by identity theft, far more than any other crime. From the victim perspective, police involvement is minimal. It’s…
View More 26 Million Victims of Identity Theft-93 Percent Without Police InvolvementSeven Percent of Americans Experienced Identity Theft in 2012
An estimated 16.6 million people, representing 7 percent of all persons age 16 or older in the United States, experienced at least one incident of identity theft in 2012 according to the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS).
View More Seven Percent of Americans Experienced Identity Theft in 2012Principal Types of Mass-Marketing Fraud and Resources for Combating Fraud
Dear Readers: The FBI issued an update ) as to mass marketing fraud. The portion presented here complies with a reader’s request articulating the most “popular”…
View More Principal Types of Mass-Marketing Fraud and Resources for Combating FraudAppeals for Help from Friends Traveling Abroad are Frauds
I received a message from a well known and respected government employee; she was in Spain and lost all her money and needed me to…
View More Appeals for Help from Friends Traveling Abroad are Frauds8 million households experience identity theft-31 percent increase in credit card theft-prevention resources available
Violent and property crime is down throughout America and that finding is confirmed through the National Crime Survey, see http://crimeinamerica.net/crime-rates-united-states/. But are offenders moving from street crime…
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