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Don’t let Identity Theft happen to
you!
The Credit Guaranty Identity Theft system can help
you protect your good name and Credit. It’s yours free as a gift for
visiting our site!
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Identity Theft
Fraud costs more than $1 Billion Annually
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2000 Consumers
complain to the FTC each week about ID Theft.
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Nov 2002: 30,000
people nationwide victims of worst Identity Theft in U.S. history.
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Visa and Master
Card report fraud loss rose to $1 Billion in 2001.
Source: “USA Today, AP, Boston
Globe, Federal Trade Commission”
The Dark Side of Identity Theft
“March 9 2003 Malcolm Byrd was home with his two children on a
Saturday night when a knock came at the door. Three Rock County,
Wis., sheriff’s officers were there with a warrant for Byrd’s
arrest. Cocaine possession, with intent to distribute, it said.
Byrd tried to tell them that they had the wrong man, that it was a
case of mistaken identity, that he was a victim of identity theft.
But they wouldn’t listen. Instead they put him in handcuffs and
drove him away. Again, IT WAS NOTHING new for Byrd, who has spent
much of the past five years trying — unsuccessfully — to talk
skeptical police officers out of arresting him. But this time, it
was worse. Two days later, he was still in jail.
This is the worst-case scenario for identity theft victims. Losing
your clean credit history is one thing; losing your freedom is
another. And victims of America’s fastest-growing crime are
discovering they often have much more to worry about than the
hundreds of hours of paperwork necessary to clean up the financial
mess associated with ID theft. Sometimes, they have to worry about
ending up in jail, again and again”
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Top
categories of consumer fraud complaints compiled by the Federal
Trade Commission in 2002
- Identity theft 43 percent
- Internet auctions13 percent
- Internet services and computer complaints6
percent
- Advance fee loans and credit protection5
percent
- Shop-at-home and catalog sales5 percent
- Foreign money offers 4 percent
- Prizes sweepstakes and lotteries 4 percent
- Business opportunities and work-at-home plans 3
percent
- Telephone services 2 percent
- Health care 2 percent
- Magazines and buyers clubs 2 percent
If you’re the victim of Identity Theft, Credit
Guaranty will show you exactly what steps you must take to protect
your good name and credit.
The only thing you have to loose is good credit!
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