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Victims of identity theft in 2003:
7 million
Average dollar amount charged in theft: $92,893
Average amount of money2 spent to clear thefts: $1,495
Number of hours victims spent recovering from identity theft:
600
Percentage of victims discovering theft in negative manner: 85%
Percentage of victims discovering theft in action taken by business:
15%
Average number of checks written through identity theft: 74.6
Average number of credit card applications through identity theft:
8.4
Victims' relation to identity thieves
Unknown individual: 70%
Employee of business that had person's information: 13%
Relative: 11%
Friend or roommate: 10%
Co-worker: 5%
Former spouse or former significant other: 4%
Caregiver of elderly or disabled person: 2%
National studies by Gartner Research and Harris Interactive;
Not including lawyers' fees; Survey by Identity Theft Resource Center
of 173 people who said they were victims of identity theft, July
2003
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