Millions 'lost in fraud and debt'
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Government bodies have lost tens of millions of pounds in debts and fraud, a spending watchdog says.
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According to Department of Homeland Security studies, the instance of identity theft and computer fraud has doubled annually since 1999, costing Americans billions of dollars.
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Robert Charles Browne's claims that he killed 49 people have generated a flood of more than 100 anguished calls from families and friends of people missing around the nation, some for years.
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Americans lost about $49.3 billion in  2006 to criminals who stole their identities, an 11.5 percent  decline that may reflect increased vigilance among consumers  and businesses, a study released on Thursday shows.
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NEW YORK -- Americans lost about $49.3 billion in 2006 to criminals who stole their identities, an 11.5 percent decline that may reflect increased vigilance among consumers and businesses, a study released yesterday shows.
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The loss or theft of personal data such as credit card and Social Security numbers is soaring to unprecedented levels, and the trend isn't expected to turn around anytime soon as hackers stay a step ahead of security and laptops disappear with sensitive information.
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UK.gov = number one victim Organised gangs pushed the value of fraud to a 12-year high last year, with the UK government being the largest victim of their criminal activities, according to a new survey.â¦
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The loss or theft of personal data such as credit card and Social Security numbers soared to unprecedented levels in 2007
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Identify fraud has risen by 400 percent in the last 5 years but the majority of Britons would not know who to contact.
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City of London awash with rumours that Â£3.7bn fraud is at the heart of the market turmoil
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World investment banks to losses of about $30bn from bad debts linked to the global credit crunch, a report says.
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The government's tax credit system is losing more than Â£1bn a year through fraud and error, a report says.
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As rocketing property prices leave many struggling to buy, Britain's image as a nation of debtors has been fuelled by a report that Britons hold a third of all unsecured debt in western Europe.
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More than 3.5 million U.S. adults lost money to phishing scams and online identity theft in the 12-month period that ended in August, a 57% increase over the previous year.
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Merchants reported huge losses as crowds descended on stores to buy goods at government-ordered prices.
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A Columbia man's computer fraud scheme allegedly involved more than 600 victims worldwide.
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The personal details of up to 600,000 people were lost when a Royal Navy officer's laptop was stolen in the latest embarrassment to hit British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.