From the article:
The number of victims aged under 21 in Cifas' figures rose from 1,012 in 1H17 to 1,309 in 1H18.
Is that an easter egg? 1h in hex -> 1 in decimal though.
New figures reveal UK identity fraud dropped during the first six months of 2018 to reach a four-year low. Cifas members recorded 84,463 cases of identity fraud in the first six months of the year, a 5 per cent drop compared to the same period in 2017 (89,199). Despite the reduction, identity fraud still represents over half …
Given the huge amount of data breaches there have been over the years maybe the crims are running out of new targets, as most of the low hanging fruit must have been plucked by now
..Though given that trying to report "minor" crimes in UK is nigh on impossible these days then I would imagine its massively under reported.
"..Though given that trying to report "minor" crimes in UK is nigh on impossible these days then I would imagine its massively under reported."
Unlikely, this has nothing to do with crime reports. As the article notes, CIFAS is essentially a data aggregator for member organisations to share information about fraud. Those member organisations include basically every bank as well as most significant companies dealing with financial stuff - insurance, telecoms, and so on. It doesn't matter what the police might be doing with crime reports, if you've told your bank or whoever about something suspicious, or if they've detected it on their own, then CIFAS have a record of it.
Nope.
They will be both worthless after next March. Think of it as the BREXIT dividend. No more travel abroad taking ££££££ with us so we'll spend it all at home and therefore saving the economy from crashing even harder.
/s /s /s
Oh, and the moon is made of green cheese.
Is there a difference in value between blue passports and red ones?
There used to be. Back in the days when we all had blue passports, anybody carrying a red one was SIS or equivalent, and even the military were told "if they have a red passport you do what they tell you", and most of the people who handled passports for a living understood that you didn't really want to hold up 007.
>Fraudsters need access to their victim’s personal information such as name, date of birth, address, existing bank account etc in order to impersonate victims
Nope - only time I've ever had a CIFAS record entered was from a fraud perpetrated on very.co.uk - their credit checks were so great that they managed to accept a fraudulent application from someone who was not even using my name at my address.
We had never used them, and it was only later on that I discovered that very's entire business model was based on bait and switch to try and encourage people in to opening a credit account. My wife thought recently that she was doing some online shopping, but it appeared that the only way to buy said product was to open a credit account. She was waiting for the bit when they asked for CC details...
With 'credit' providers like them, who needs fraudsters?
As a matter of government policy, companies house publishes documents online for the whole world to see. As I was an IT contractor at one time with my own limited company, that means my full name, address, date of birth and even scans of my signature are freely available online. A gift to would be ID thieves.
I'm very cautious about giving away any personal details and don't do so with social media etc; but I can't stop reckless organisations just giving away all this information for free to anyone who cares to look.
As a matter of government policy, companies house publishes documents online for the whole world to see. As I was an IT contractor at one time with my own limited company, that means my full name, address, date of birth and even scans of my signature are freely available online. A gift to would be ID thieves.
Since the Companies Act 2006 came into force, they don't publish date of birth, only the month and year, nor do they publish the usual residential address unless the person also makes it their service address. And there is no reason why you have to use the same signature on company accounts as your cheques. Many people just type their name rather than sign it anyway.
Unfortunately, my registration pre-dates this, so all those personal details are on show, even today, along with those of my wife who was the company secretary. When I set up my company, the internet was in its infancy and I doubt any of the documents were scanned and put online at that time. While I was aware the documents could be made available to those who requested them; it never occurred to me, nor did anyone advise me that such documents would be made so freely available online in the future. Just visit companies house website, put in the name of the company and read every document I've ever submitted to them along with all the personal info. Anyone in the world can see the information, including scammers in Nigeria, Russia etc.
It isn't ID fraud, it's criminals stealing money from a bank: