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  • How much money do thieves make from identity theft?


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    It is estimated that the total losses from identity theft in 2006 was approximately $15.6 billion.
    The following breakdown shows the median amounts lost to the different kinds of identity theft:

    • New Accounts & Other Frauds: $1,350 (victims in this category were 3 times as likely to report that thieves obtained more than $5,000 when compared to victims in the other two categories of ID theft)
    • Existing Non-Credit Card Accounts: $457
    • Existing Credit Cards Only: $350