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27 million fall victim to identity theft
Associated Press


WASHINGTON -- More than 27 million people have been victims of identity theft in the last five years, the Federal Trade Commission said today.

The FTC released a survey showing that in the last year alone, 9.9 million people were victims of identity theft, costing them $5 billion and businesses and financial institutions almost $48 billion.

"For several years we have been seeing anecdotal evidence that identity theft is a significant problem that is on the rise," said Howard Beales, director of consumer protection for the FTC. "Now we know. It is affecting millions of consumers and costing billions of dollars."

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I see fingerprints and eye scanners coming for identification
then it will be like Minority Report