670,000 identity theft, fraud cases in 2006
From the Associated Press
Consumers reported more than 670,000 cases of fraud and identity theft in 2006 that cost them $1.2 billion, the Federal Trade Commission said.
For the seventh straight year, ID theft was the most common complaint, accounting for 36%, or 246,035, of the cases.
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