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06/26/2013
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São Paulo - Every 15.6 seconds of one Brazilian consumer is victim of attempted theft of personal documents, intended to allow banned to use the information obtained illegally, to obtain credit or to close business, transferring the debt to the holder of documents. The survey, released today (25), is the indicator Serasa Experian Fraud Attempts.
According to Professionals, from January to May 2013, there were 837,641 fraud attempts, number 2.3% increase compared to the same period last year (818,629 records). The most common frauds occur in the telephone industry: there were 330 920 cases from January to May 2013, 40% of the total. The service sector, which includes insurance, construction, real estate and services in general, comes in second place with 268 628 records, 32% of which occurred in the period.
"It is common for people to provide their personal data in registers on the Internet without checking the suitability and safety of sites. The scammers often, for example, buy phone [with false] to have an address and proof of residence, through correspondence and thus open accounts in banks to get checkbooks, apply for credit cards and make bank loans on behalf other people, "he says in a note to SERASA.
According to the survey, the main coup attempt takes place in the issuance of credit cards, when the scammer requests a card using false identification or stolen, leaving the bill for the victim and the damage to the card issuer.
Serasa advises consumers to take care in their daily lives to protect yourself from fraud, and not to provide personal information to strangers, do not confirm personal information or the phone number of documents, not losing sight of identification documents and not inform document numbers when filling out coupons for sweepstakes or promotions of stores.
It is also recommended to avoid making entries on sites that are not trusted, be careful when posting personal information on social networks and keep updated antivirus computer. Should make police report immediately after the loss or theft of documents.
Source: Survey Info
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