Topic: United Kingdom

INDUSTRY NEWS IN BRIEF

The article offers news briefs related to the credit industry in Great Britain. A survey conducted by researchers from Infosecurity Europe finds that 1000 commuters see an increase in credit card fraud and identity theft in London, England. Excerpt from Article: The ...
Identity Theft is not to be confused with Identity Fraud. Identity Theft is a worldwide issue and countries such as the USA, Canada, the UK, and France have taken various measures in order to fight back. I will now elaborate on the ...
Just as you receive junk mail in your mail box, you will find spam in your inbox. For this reason, it is crucial that all e-mail users practice great caution when receiving that enticing e-mail stating you have just won the UK ...

What do ID thieves look for?

The term identity theft is a bit of a misnomer. For example, someone could apply for a credit card in your name, using your personal information, spend on it up to the limit and then leave you to pay the bill when ...
Identity theft is estimated to cost the United Kingdom somewhere between 1.3 and 1.7 billion every year. Because of this, and because identity theft is a growing problem which often has connections to other criminal activities such as people and drug smuggling, ...

Common E-mail Threats and Scams

Some once they have received your address, phone number and date of birth may tell you that they are a serious company and will want to report your potential earnings to the IRS so they will boldly ask for your social security ...

Those Thieving Tenants!

New research has exposedalarming evidence of widespread identity fraud in the private rented sector.Tenants are acting like vultures, feeding on the personal information of theirpredecessors and committing gross acts of theft.There are some 16milliontenants in the UK and it is the mobility ...

Britons urged to act on identity fraud

British businesses and consumers are not doing enough to stop identity fraud, it was warned today.. According to CIFAS, the UK's Fraud Prevention Service, in the first three quarters of this year levels of identity fraud were up almost 10% on the ...
Identity theft is continuing to increase. Recent figures published by Cifas in the UK estimatedthat around 100,000 people were victims of identity crime last year. Ofthose, 24,000 were credit or debit card frauds.It is likely that the actual crime numbers are a ...

What Is Corporate Identity Theft?

Although many connect the term identity theft with the theft of a person’s identity, corporate identity theft , in which the identity of a corporation or business ? even small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) ? is stolen, is becoming more and more ...
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