Phase 5 - Content Development

Digital Experience
Collection, Statistics about ID Theft, The collection and simple stats about each check. (ie. The amount of money stolen)

Intro to the VoID
Often, you don't even know it's happened. You balance your check book and find 50 dollars missing, or perhaps you simply receive a call from your bank. Identity theft can happen without warning. Sean White made a life stealing from unsuspecting people. While he seemed like a nice guy, spending his life working to support his kids, he was, in fact, taking advantage of his position to collect checks from customers. The following collection are all the checks that Sean White collected, and a testament to how quickly and easily your information can be taken advantage of. Check fraud represents about 17% of identity theft.

Time Involved in Being a Victim
38-48% of victims find out about the identity theft within 3 months of it starting
9-18% of victims take 4 years or longer to discover that they are victims of identity theft
Victims spend from 3 to 5,840 hours repairing damage done by identity theft.
26-32% of victims spend a period of 4 to 6 months dealing with their case and 11-23% report dealing with their case for 7 months to a year.

Monetary Costs of Identity Theft
40% of business costs for individual cases of identity theft exceed $15,000. The Aberdeen Group has estimated that $221 billion a year is lost by businesses worldwide due to identity theft
Victims lose an average of $1,820 to $14, 340 in wages dealing with their cases
Victims spend an average of $851 to $1378 in expenses related to their case

Uses of Victim Information
More than one third of victims report that identity thieves committed cheque account fraud.
66% of victims' personal information is used to open a new credit account in their name
28% of victims' personal information is used to purchase cell phone service
12% of victims end up having warrants issued in their name for financial crimes committed by the identity thief

Imposter Characteristics and Relationships to the Victim
43% of victims believe they know the person who stole their identity
14-25% of victims believe the imposter is someone who is in a business that holds their personally identifying information