Identity theft Who wants some?

Some 8.1 million people—3.5 percent of the U.S. population—were victims of identity theft last year. That was down 28 percent from 11 million people in 2009. The number of victims was the lowest since 2007, before the financial crisis hit.

As economic times are bad, the ID theft increases, as times get better the ID theft decreases. (go figure)

While most types of fraud were down overall, “friendly fraud” — when the victim is known to the criminal — was up 7 percent last year, with those aged 25 to 34 most likely to be victims.

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Identity theft 2010 results from research that Javelin Strategy & Research released February 8, 2011