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Bank Technology News March 1, 2008 Glen Fest	Thwarted On-Line, Crime Looks to Past A new identity theft report survey finds a continuing overall decline in fraud numbers and victims, but unfortunately a rapidly rising number of "vishing" and other hands-on alternatives to catching consumers off guard.
Bank Technology News February 2007 Glen Fest	Identity Fraud: ID Theft Victims, Losses Take Welcome Nosedive New account vulnerabilities are toughened, but 'vishing,' limited alerts practices, and consumers' misguided personal trust in acquaintances still leave the doors wide open.
Bank Systems & Technology March 7, 2005 George Hulme	May I See Some ID, Please? Identity theft continues to be consumers' top complaint, and ID theft-related complaints are on the rise. Bank-related identity theft comprised 18 percent of all ID theft complaints.
Bank Technology News March 2011 Michael Sisk	ID Theft Declined in 2010 ... or Did It? A Javelin Strategy & Research survey of consumers found that the number of identity fraud victims fell 28 percent last year.
Bank Technology News February 2007 Holly Sraeel	ID Theft Needs Little Fuel to Fan The Flames. Or Does It? With financial crime -- particularly cybercrime -- becoming more sophisticated among for-profit criminals, some industry observers argue that ID fraud is rising, and that many victims are still unaware of it.
InternetNews January 25, 2006 Roy Mark	ID Theft Reports Down, Losses Up Internet-related identity theft and fraud complaints may be leveling off, but overall financial losses are growing from the security breaches, new data from the Federal Trade Commission reveals.
InternetNews January 30, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	ID Theft And Internet Fraud Declining? New studies indicate that the Internet isn't as dangerous as other places.
InternetNews January 23, 2004 Ryan Naraine	FTC: Online Fraud Losses Hit $437M Using stolen identities, fake Internet auctions and fraudulent shop-at-home schemes, online swindlers robbed Americans of a whopping $437.5 million in 2003.
U.S. Banker March 2008 Glen Fest	ID Theft: Thwarted Online, Fraud Goes Low-Tech Again More criminal enterprises are shifting toward off-fashioned "vishing" methods and other inexpensive alternatives to catching unwitting consumers off guard.
InternetNews July 5, 2005 Roy Mark	Finance Firms To Give FTC ID Theft Data The financial services industry is pooling its own data on identity theft victims with the Federal Trade Commission and law enforcement groups.
Bank Systems & Technology March 7, 2005 Cynthia Ramsaran	ID Theft Hits Paper Harder Despite growing fears of online fraud related to Web-based banking services, the increase in identity theft is hitting consumers closer to home than in cyberspace. Identity theft crimes are more often committed off-line rather than online.
InternetNews February 12, 2010	Study Puts Identity Theft Cost at $54B in 2009 Research firm Javelin estimates that more than 11 million Americans were victims of identity theft last year, a 12 percent increase that led to tens of billions of dollars in costs.
Bank Technology News January 2003 Mark Bruno	A New Breed Of Criminals Identity heists could drain $500 million this year. Staying ahead of the thieves may be the only way to curb the rise of identity thefts.
BusinessWeek July 3, 2006 Dean Foust	ID Theft: More Hype Than Harm Law enforcement officials say the criminals tend not to follow through after stealing personal data.
PC Magazine December 9, 2003	Phishing for Online IDs Spam and viruses are enough to worry about, but now online fraud is reaching epidemic proportions.
InternetNews March 11, 2005 Jim Wagner	New Service to Put ID Protection in Your Hands Amid a flurry of data theft issues, Intersections readies an in-depth service to police who's trying to use all your data. This can help you spot identity theft.
U.S. Banker May 2004	Counterfeit Checks are The Forgotten Fraud With all the attention on ID theft, old-fashioned check fraud is getting easier than ever. It may actually account for the majority of cases categorized as identity-related crime.
InternetNews February 1, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	FTC: Identity Theft, Fraud on the Rise A new report by the FTC finds increases in fraud and identity theft. E-mail and the Web were fraud tools of choice on the Internet.
PC Magazine October 28, 2003 Sebastian Rupley	Lock 'Em Out Take steps to protect yourself from identity theft.
The Motley Fool January 27, 2004 Dayana Yochim	How Will They Scam Thee? Danger is lurking everywhere, it seems. The Federal Trade Commission issues a top 10 list of fraud complaints. Americans are being slammed by scams everywhere they turn. But is this a bona-fide crime wave, or just a good headline?
Bank Technology News April 2004 Michael Grebb	Forgotten Fraud: Counterfeit Checks Banks lost $698 million from scams in 2001
U.S. Banker July 2006 Michael Dumiak	For Victims of ID Fraud, Losses are Not the Same Age, income and ethnicity factor into who is most vulnerable to identity fraud. The demographics of ID fraud are a call to action for institutions to analyze the trends closely so they can better educate customers.
InternetNews March 8, 2007 Clint Boulton	Bet You Don't Know Who I Really Am When it comes to the Internet, consumers' finances are cannon fodder for opportunistic thieves.
Bank Technology News May 2007 Glen Fest	Identity Fraud: Banks Offer ID Theft Resolution Services A Tennessee bank gets surprising demand for an ID theft resolution service it is private labeling from Worldwide Assistance. Customers are even willing to pay for the luxury.
U.S. Banker October 2007 Lee Conrad	Privacy Push: Banks Chafe Against Move To Block Use of SS Numbers Two major federal efforts to curb the widespread use of Social Security numbers are putting banks-the largest private-sector users of those nine sensitive numbers-on defense.
InternetNews July 19, 2007 Roy Mark	DoJ Sends ID Theft Bill to Congress The Bush administration sent proposed legislation to Congress today that aims to update and improve federal identity theft laws.
Bank Technology News June 2006	If It's Loyalty You Seek, Forget Fees For Credit Monitoring At a time when customers are worried about becoming victims of ID theft, banks have a huge opportunity to cement relationships by offering free credit monitoring services to all customers.
Bank Technology News February 2005 Holly Sraeel	Hot on the ID Theft Trail: Will the Real Jane Doe Stand Up? Welcome to the world of identity theft, where the snatch of an individual's social security number begins that unsuspecting individual's downward financial spiral.
InternetNews March 31, 2010	FBI, DOJ Identity Theft Programs Fall Short A new report from the DOJ's Office of the Inspector General says the government is making a big mistake by not making ID theft prevention and prosecution a top priority.
Bank Technology News July 2005 Glen Fest	Profiling: The DNA Of Fraud Rings ID Analytics spent two years studying criminals who traffic in fake and stolen IDs for attempted financial services fraud. It discovered the ways how they succeed-and how they don't. It isn't pretty.
The Motley Fool June 15, 2006 Shannon Zimmerman	Your Evil Twin You mean it wasn't you who bought that Rolex and Mercedes last night in Maui? Identity theft is a real concern. Fortunately, there are ways to fight back.
BusinessWeek April 8, 2010 Margaret Collins	Stealing Your Identity for Liposuction Crooks are using pilfered data to charge health care - from cosmetic surgery to emergency room visits.
U.S. Banker February 2006	ID Theft Insurance: Community Banks Seek To Protect Themselves Banks are taking out new insurance policies to protect themselves against the financial losses stemming from identity fraud.
InternetNews March 2, 2009 Richard Adhikari	ID Theft Threat Grows With 1M Already Hit in '09 A new report shows identify theft is off to a rapid start this year - and the figures could be even worse than expected.
Bank Systems & Technology August 30, 2004 Ivan Schneider	Who Was That Masked Man? MSU professor talks about the problem of fighting ID theft and the Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act.
Entrepreneur December 2003 Stephen Barlas	Taking Credit Washington shields businesses from identity theft losses.
U.S. Banker March 2004 John Engen	Identity Victims Get Badly Needed Help Bankers view the industry's first stab at forging a unified response to the problem as a strong signal-sender. "Customers can see that we're banding together to stop this, and we can send a message to criminals that we're not working in a siloed fashion," says Mary Blegen, head of US Bancorp's fraud liaison center.
Bank Technology News March 2004 Karen Krebsbach	The Other Victims of ID Fraud Banks ID fraud is morphing into a throbbing migraine for financial services firms charged with twin challenges of increased responsibility to protect consumers and greater pressure to defend their own bottom line.
InternetNews November 19, 2004 Chris Nerney	A Costly Identity Crisis If it seems to you that the phishing/spam problem has gotten worse lately, it (unfortunately) isn't your imagination.
U.S. Banker July 2005 Holly Sraeel	Want to Make a CEO Wince? Talk About Fraud. When bankers refer to fraud in public, it often comes off as if the theft does not involve a human being. Behind the financial losses and data breaches are people-on both sides of the problem.
Bank Technology News June 2006 Rubina Johannes	The Demographics Of ID Fraud Not every group is victimized, or protected, in the same way or at the same level. Javelin examines how incidents and precautions differ based on age, income and ethnicity.
Entrepreneur August 2007 Jacquelyn Lynn	Small Business Owners Risk Identity Theft Insuring your identity makes it easier to get it back.
Bank Systems & Technology December 1, 2003 Jim Middlemiss	Fifth Third Stays Seven 'Steps' Ahead of Fraud Bank implements seven new fraud-detection systems to fight check and ID fraud.
Wall Street & Technology March 18, 2008 Cory Levine	Identity Fraud on the Decline Despite the hype, identity fraud is on the decline, according to a new survey. But as fraudsters return to traditional channels, such as phone lines, to steal the trusting public's personal information, few financial institutions have implemented multifactor authentication for telephone banking.
Bank Technology News January 2008 Michael Sisk	Compliance: Raising Red Flags On ID Thievery New regs aim to clamp down on ID theft by mandating that banks look for certain "red flags." A noble enough goal, but will bankers be able to comply by next November's deadline?
Bank Technology News August 2008 Glen Fest	Equifax Shifts to Preventative Meds Equifax is keeping in step with the trend of making prevention -- not just detection -- the backbone of identity security for banks and retail customers.
AFP eWire February 19, 2008	Charity Fraud Less Than One Percent of All 2007 Complaints While public concerns remain high, charity fraud ranked twentieth on the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) list of complaints in 2007.
CRM September 1, 2006 Petouhoff & Johnson	How Much Is Your Customers' Trust Worth? With the profitability of data theft, there does not seem to be an end to the crime unless customer data protection becomes job number one. And while no company expects to have a data breach, the cost of preventing one may well be worth the price.
InternetNews June 22, 2006 Clint Boulton	Two FTC Laptops Stolen The Federal Trade Commission today said two if its attorneys' laptops containing the personal information of 110 people were stolen from a locked vehicle last week.
InternetNews April 15, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	ID Theft a Taxing Question The IRS has a mandate to get 80 percent of all taxpayers filing electronically by 2007, while many states already require commercial tax prep firms to get off the paper trail. People cite identity theft as a reason not to file electronically.