Gartner: Financial fraud hit 7.5% of Americans in 2008

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http://www.finextra.com/fullstory.asp?id=19715

Around 7.5% of US adults lost money to financial fraud last year, with
a string of high profile data breaches the main cause, according to a
survey from Gartner.

The survey of nearly 5000 US adults shows 14% had their credit card
data used, seven per cent their debit card, six per cent said a new
account had been opened in their name, five per cent were the victims
of money transfer fraud and four percent had cheques forged.

A data breach was cited as the reason for the fraud by 19% of victims,
with 16% blaming the theft of their wallet and 13% online scams such
as phishing.
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