Identity Theft

Many forms of fraud theft

Types of Identity Theft

There are different types of identity theft in the world. Most common theft are from banking, and online purchases.

The list includes:

  • Financial fraud
  • Financial identity theft
  • Synthetic identity theft
  • Tax identity theft
  • Child identity theft
  • Criminal identity theft
  • Social Security Number identity theft

 

Very Risky to Very Secure

  Cash Check Debit Card Credit Card Stored Value Card BANP OBBP
Very Risky 34% 12% 14% 17% 21% 32% 17%
Risky 12% 32% 29% 27% 19% 29% 22%
Neither 13% 18% 19% 16% 25% 29% 20%
Secure 10% 30% 26% 27% 20% 18% 26%
Very Secure 31% 8% 12% 12% 15% 7% 15%

Source: 2009 Survey of Consumer Payment Choice (SCPC) and own elaboration