What millions of Identity Thefts hapenned while travelling, all have in common
09-03-2014, 08:46 AM
How do you protect your identity while travelling ?
The rising trend is that millions of idenity thefts happen because of our kindness:
we naively let so often complete strangers to make xerox copies
after our passports and IDs at receptions of hotels while travelling,
with traumatic lifelong results:
http://www.dailyfinance.com/2013/12/31/s...tatistics/
Identity theft victims suffered more than $24.7 billion in direct and indirect losses last year -- that's more than the combined $14 billion in losses consumers experienced from other types of theft (burglary, motor vehicle theft and other property theft) in the same period.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics highlighted these and other staggering statistics in its 2012 Victims of Identity Theft report
About 16.6 million U.S. residents were victims of at least one incident of identity theft last year.
The rising trend is that millions of idenity thefts happen because of our kindness:
we naively let so often complete strangers to make xerox copies
after our passports and IDs at receptions of hotels while travelling,
with traumatic lifelong results:
http://www.dailyfinance.com/2013/12/31/s...tatistics/
Identity theft victims suffered more than $24.7 billion in direct and indirect losses last year -- that's more than the combined $14 billion in losses consumers experienced from other types of theft (burglary, motor vehicle theft and other property theft) in the same period.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics highlighted these and other staggering statistics in its 2012 Victims of Identity Theft report
About 16.6 million U.S. residents were victims of at least one incident of identity theft last year.