Figures released by Sainsbury’s Bank have shown that 4.1 million Britons have fallen foul of identity theft. The average cost of the theft was £3,039 and six per cent claimed to have lost more than £10,000.
I got stung myself last year. I suddenly started seeing charges for hotel stays and petrol on my credit card (very weird) and in total my card got ripped off for around £2k.
I think it’s sad that card security is still so poor, both online and offline. It’s got so bad that I now shred all my personal documents and I don’t use my credit card in restaurants etc unless the waitress processes the transaction in front of me.
Have you been stung recently?
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