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Identity theft

Identity Theft, 2004

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3.6 MILLION U.S. HOUSEHOLDS LEARNED THEY WERE IDENTITY THEFT VICTIMS DURING A SIX-MONTH PERIOD IN 2004

WASHINGTON, D.C.- An estimated 3.6 million households, or about 3 percent of all households in the nation, learned that they had been the victim...