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Over a quarter of victims of identity fraud say that they knew the person who perpetrated the fraud (this happened to a friend of my mother - it was her own daughter who did it to her).
Personal information such as your date of birth, address, mother?s maiden name and passwords are now as valuable as money. This is enough information for a fraudster to open bank accounts, apply for credit cards, loans and much more.
It takes 467 days to discover that you are a victim of identity fraud according to Experian.
The last official estimate puts the cost of identity fraud at ?1.7 billion, according to figures published by the Home Office in February 2006.