Identity Theft Blog

Do you know the annual cost of identity theft? Looking to assess your chances of becoming an identity theft scheme victim? We compiled 15 of the most staggering identity theft crime statistics for you.

They are numbers you truly have to see to believe:

1. Identity theft affected 10 million people last year, according to a 2009 Javelin Strategy & Research Center study compiling identity theft crime statistics. That’s up 22% from 2007.

2. The mean cost of identity theft per ID theft victim is $500, the Javelin study found.