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20/06/2014
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Result represents an attempt every 15.6 the 2nd
Attempted fraud against consumers increased 9.4% in May, pointing SERASA
The month of May recorded 171,325 fraud attempts, according to the indicator Serasa Experian attempted fraud - Consumer, released on Friday (20). The result is an attempt to defraud every 15.6 seconds. It is considered fraud attempt any identity theft, in which personal consumer data are used by criminals to make purchases or obtain credit without intent to honor payments.
Compared to April last year, there was a growth of 9.4% this record type. In comparison accumulated in the first four months of the year compared to the same period of 2013, a drop of 2.9%.
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The Telephony group was responsible for 64,329 cases, or 37.5% of total attempted fraud carried out in May 2014 -. Decrease of 0.4 percentage point over the same month of 2013 already the service sector - which includes construction , real estate, insurance and general services (salons, tour packages, etc..) - recorded 54,823 cases, or 32% of the total.
Thirdly rankingficou in the banking sector, with 34,632 fraud attempts, or 20.2% of the total. Then the retail segment recorded 14,364 attempts, or 8.4% of assaults on consumers last month.
Source: IG
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