Firms warned over identity fraud hike

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Incidents of identity fraud have grown by 16.5 per cent this year, fraud prevention body cautions

Businesses have been warned to be on their guard after the latest figures suggest occurrences of identity fraud are soaring. According to fraud prevention body CIFAS, overall fraud levels shot u...

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