Rise Of Identity Theft

Identity theft is without a doubt on the rise. According to statisticbrain.com as of April 8th, 2015 the average number of identity fraud victims in the United States is 12,157,400 annually, as well as an average loss of $5,130 per identity theft incident (Identity Theft / Fraud Statistics, 2015). Many people are unaware of the risk that they are at for being a victim of identity fraud. In fact, many people who are victims do not even notice that they have been the victim of identity theft until after it is too late. A lot of people don’t think about it or worry about it much because they don’t think it will ever happen to them when in actuality most victims never expected it to happen to them either. There are steps and precautions for people