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National Identity Fraud
Prevention Week is supported by the following organisations and companies.
Metropolitan Police
Detective Chief Superintendent Nigel Mawer said: "The Metropolitan
Police Service is committed to working with partners to reduce economic
criminality. For any fraud to be successful you have to have a knowing
fraudster and an unknowing victim. We are pleased to be working with
the reputable partners involved in National Identity Fraud Prevention
Week, and raising public awareness together."
Crimestoppers
Crimestoppers operates across the UK to help identify, prevent, solve
and reduce crime. This invaluable community service enables anyone with
details of criminal activity to pass them on anonymously, without fear
of exposure or retribution.
Jane Reay, of Crimestoppers said the following about the National Identity
Fraud Prevention Week and about identity fraud: “Identity Fraud
is not a victimless crime. It can take up to 300 hours of frustrating
phone calls to deal with banks, credit card companies and other lenders
- incurring enormous personal time, effort and cost. Anyone with details
of activities relating to identity fraud should contact us to give information
anonymously on 0800 555 111.”
CIFAS - The UK's Fraud Prevention Service
CIFAS is unique and is the world's first not for profit fraud prevention
data sharing scheme with 260 members spread across banking, credit cards,
asset finance, retail credit, mail order, insurance, savings and investments,
telecommunications, factoring, and share dealing.
David Lennox of CIFAS added: “Identity Fraud is a growing issue
in the UK. It is a silent crime with victims often unaware that anything
is amiss until they receive demands for loan repayments or bills for
goods they have not purchased, or discover transactions on credit card
or bank account statements that they don’t recognise. We must
do everything possible to make life harder for identity thieves.”
Fellowes
Fellowes
are makers of paper shredders
(one of the tools in the fight against identity theft) and their products
are sold in over 100 countries. For a large selection of Fellowes paper
shredders or to view over 300 different paper shredders from 9 manufacturers
click the links.Tyron Hill, Marketing Director of Fellowes, added: “Organised
criminal gangs will pay bin raiders for each document that contains
an individual’s personal details. With just one or two pieces
of information a fraudster can steal your identity. By far one of the
easiest steps people can take to protect themselves is to shred private
or personal information before throwing it away.”
Experian
Experian is a global leader in providing information, analytical and
marketing services to organisations and consumers to help manage the
risk and reward of commercial and financial decisions.Jill Stevens,
Director of Consumer Relations at Experian, commented: “Since
Experian first conducted research into identity fraud through bin diving
in March 2002 and then again in December 2003 the public have been constantly
reminded just what a horrible and destructive crime that this can be
yet still many are not heeding the warnings. It is not enough just to
tear up personal documents as that will not stop a determined fraudster,
shredding is the only viable option. The National Identity Fraud Prevention
Week will hopefully encourage more people to take the warnings seriously
and as well as disposing of their information sensibly also applying
for regular access to their credit report."
Other supporters of the National Identity Fraud Prevention Week include:Federation
of Small Businesses, The Home Office and Equifax |
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