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25/02/2014
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The number of attempted fraud against consumers rose 8.2% in January compared with the same month last year , according to data released on Tuesday ( 25 ) by SERASA . Were 186,549 attempts of identity theft - the equivalent of one every 14.4 seconds in the country.
In this type of occurrence , personal data are used by criminals to secure business under misrepresentation or even get credit with the intention not to honor payments .
The phone accounted for 84,310 records , 45.2 % of all fraud attempts made in January 2014 . The service sector - which includes construction , real estate , insurance and services in general - had 51.517 records , equivalent to 27.6 % of the total.
The banking sector is the third -ranked records in January 2014 , with 33,734 attempts , 18.1% of the total. Have the retail segment had 13.531 million fraud attempts , registering 7.3% of the assaults consumed .
According to Professionals, among major coup attempts are using false or stolen to apply for a credit card , make funding electronics , buy mobile , open a bank account , buy cars and open businesses identification.
Source : G1
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