Identity Theft Survey Report 2003 - New accounts opened by identity thieves - Identity Theft Survey Report 2003 - Problem resolution - Identity Theft Survey Report 2003 - Problems experienced (Part II)
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OUR LEGAL INFORMATION WILL HELP YOU TO BETTER UNDERSTAND A YOUR CREDIT REPORT AND CREDIT SCORE ISSUES.
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Identity Theft Survey Report 2003 - Money paid out of pocket.
· For most victims of Identity Theft (63%), there was no loss of money out-of-pocket.
· Almost three-quarters of victims who only suffered the misuse of existing credit card
accounts had no out-of-pocket losses. However, eve ... More details | Identity Theft Survey Report 2003 - Most important action that would have helped.
· When asked what could have been done to help fix the problems victims experienced as a
result of Identity Theft, the action most frequently cited by victims who spent at least 10
hours of their time resolving problems was to improve the inv ... More details | Identity Theft Survey Report 2003 - New accounts opened by identity thieves.
· Among Identity Theft victims, 17% said the thief used the victim’s personal information to
open at least one new account, such as new credit card accounts, new loans, new
telephone service accounts, or some other new account.
& ... More details | Identity Theft Survey Report 2003 - Problem resolution.
· Although just 5% of victims said the misuse of their information was ongoing at the time of
the survey, four times that number – 21% of all Identity Theft victims – said they were still
experiencing problems as a result of that misuse. (Whe ... More details | Identity Theft Survey Report 2003 - Problems experienced (Part II).
· When the crime is detected more quickly, fewer problems emerge. Among those who
discovered the Identity Theft within one month of the initial crime, 26% reported having one
or more of these problems. This compares to 76% of victims having s ... More details | Identity Theft Survey Report 2003 - Problems experienced.
· Victims were asked whether they had experienced various types of problems as a result of
having their personal information misused. These included having problems obtaining or
using a credit card, being turned down for a loan, or having pro ... More details | Identity Theft Survey Report 2003 - Reporting ID Theft.
Most victims of ID Theft do not report the crime to criminal authorities. Only about 25 percent
of victims who participated in the survey said that they had reported the crime to local police.
Even with the more serious “New Accounts and Other Frau ... More details | Identity Theft Survey Report 2003 - Satisfaction with credit bureaus.
· Among ID Theft victims who reported contacting a single credit reporting agency, a majority
(58%) said they were either “very” or “somewhat” satisfied with the way their report was
handled by the agency.
· Among those who ... More details | Identity Theft Survey Report 2003 - Satisfaction with credit card company.
· Among those who had just one existing credit card misused or who had one new credit card
account opened in their name (56% of all Identity Theft victims), those who reported
contacting the credit card company were overwhelmingly satisfied w ... More details | Identity Theft Survey Report 2003 - Satisfaction with local law enforcement response.
· Of the 26% of victims who contacted local law enforcement 53% said they were “very” or
“somewhat” satisfied.
· However, a substantial percentage of the 26% of victims who contacted local law
enforcement were “very” dissat ... More details |
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