Who are you?_2
13 September 2012
A couple of years ago, identity theft barely registered on the spectrum of fraudulent activity. Now it is fast becoming one of the most popular ways to commit fraud.
The growth of identity theft and identity fraud in the UK in the last few years has been staggering. Cifas, a fraud prevention service, says that 75,000 cases were reported in 2002 (there were 20,000 such reports in 1999).
Until recently, most credit card thieves would have a blitz for two or three days, targeting high-value items. One high-street chain was...