This is our second in a series of state identity Guides protection against theft
.Texas is both the second largest population and the second highest rate of identity theft complaints in the United States. 10.1% of the nearly 256,000 identity theft complaints made to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in 2007 came from Texans. This is the second greatest number related complaints of identity theft of any and fourth on the list of complaints per hundred thousand inhabitants.
We have compiled a list of identity theft list of facts, trends and resources for Texans. If you know of other resources have additional information to add or simply want to give us feedback, leave please comment below.
Texas Identity Theft Facts and Trends :.
- There were 25.796 of identity theft complaints in Texas, representing an increase of 44% between 2002-2007
- Texas has the fourth-rate high identity theft complaints adjusted for population to 107.9 per 100,000 complaints.
- the employment fraud is both the largest and the fastest growing type of identity theft in Texas. There were 6312 complaints of identity theft fraud in employment in Texas in 2007, a 63% increase over 2002.
Texas Identity theft Protection and recovery resources:
Both the state and local governments in Texas provide Texans with a variety of identity theft prevention and recovery resources useful. Here are some of the most informative identity theft resources for Texans.
- Texas Office of Attorney Kit theft victims General identity
- Texas Department of Public Safety Identity Theft Information Guide
- San Antonio Police Department About identity theft
national identity of protection against theft and recovery of resources:
There are several excellent protection of material resources identity theft and recovery available from the federal government and the national non-profit. NextAdvisor.com also created several useful guides for consumers looking for information on protection against identity theft.
- Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Identity Theft website
- Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Identity Theft Victim online complaint form
- United States Postal Service (USPS) identity theft Tips and Resources
- Federal Trade Commission (FTC) theft protection Guide active Duty military ID
- identity of children theft protection Guide NextAdvisor.com
- identity Guide protection against theft of service NextAdvisor. com