Fraudsters are reported to be active in Sussex and its nearby areas. They are said to be committing theft of one’s ID and make use of it to obtain money, credit or goods in their ’s name. ID fraud is claimed to be flourishing in the country seeing that crooks commit theft of someone’s ID and utilize it to get money, credit or goods in the person’s name.
One of the county’s ID theft hotspots is said to be Central Brighton, where almost 35% of its populace are victimized by a high-risk of ID theft crime, whereas Horsham, Haywards Heath, Worthing and Chichester are the other areas in Sussex that have been highlighted as other ID theft hotspots in the study by credit experts.
The police have warned people that ahead of throwing their credit card receipts, bank statements and bills, considering them their regular rubbish, they should think twice and thrice as the thrown rubbish could make an easy way for the offenders to commit theft of their personal or private info. Sussex Police further say that another way for offenders to obtain personal information is card cloning, wherein a dishonest staff in shops or restaurants swipes a card and info are downloaded onto a PC.
Not only this cash machines are also being targeted by the offenders, frequently putting bogus facades on the machines to copy people’s pin numbers. Sussex Police is now forewarning public not to throw any personal documents into their waste and to shred anything they think might consist of their personal information. Detective Chief Inspector Trevor Bowles, of the main crime branch at Sussex Police, said: “There are a number of ways people can protect themselves against identity theft.
