Harris Interactive asked Americans about facing identity theft in their past.
| How Americans suffered from identity theft | |||||
| Income | |||||
| Total | <$35K | <$49.9K | <$74.9K | $75K+ | |
| My credit card or debit card was used by someone I don’t know without my permission. |
16% | 12% | 17% | 14% | 22% |
| My identity was used to open a phone, utility or other type of account. |
3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| My personal information was used for non-financial fraud, such as on tax forms, to gain employment, to obtain healthcare or prescription drugs, to avoid criminal prosecution, or in other ways. |
2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| A mortgage or line of credit I didn’t authorize was opened in my name. |
1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| My identity was stolen and used in some other way. |
6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| None of these | 77 | 79 | 76 | 80 | 70 |
| Source: Harris Interactive | |||||