{"id":4717,"date":"2014-09-15T16:09:34","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T16:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evssolutions.com\/identity-fraud-on-the-rise-from-2011\/"},"modified":"2023-04-12T17:59:53","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T17:59:53","slug":"identity-fraud-on-the-rise-from-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evssolutions.com\/insights\/identity-fraud-on-the-rise-from-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Identity Fraud on the Rise from 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent study conducted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.javelinstrategy.com\/\">Javelin Strategy and Research<\/a>, it<br \/>\nreflected that identity fraud has increased 13% from 2011. One contributing<br \/>\nfactor to this increase may be due to the number of online payments and Internet<br \/>\nfraud. As discussed in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.electronicverificationsystems.com\/Resources\/Blog\/A-Faceless-Society-Needs-KBA.aspx\">A<br \/>\nFaceless Society Needs KBA<\/a>, more consumers are using online transactions<br \/>\nas a part of their daily routine. Whether it be online shopping, online<br \/>\nbanking, or even taking polls and\/or entering sweepstakes, if you are entering<br \/>\nyour personal information online you run the risk of someone else accessing it.<br \/>\n<span><\/span>In an infographic issued by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.creditdonkey.com\/identity-theft-protection.html\">CreditDonkey<\/a>,<br \/>\nthey help to illustrate the different types of identity fraud and give tips on<br \/>\nhow to avoid it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span>One way to help ensure the safety personal<br \/>\ninformation online is the use of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.electronicverificationsystems.com\/products\/id-verification.aspx\">ID<br \/>\nverification<\/a> and authentication. Businesses who help to protect their<br \/>\nconsumers information, such as financial institutions and online retailers,<br \/>\nneed to consider partnering with an ID verification provider to strengthen<br \/>\ntheir <a href=\"https:\/\/www.electronicverificationsystems.com\/solutions\/\">fraud<br \/>\nprevention<\/a><\/span><span> measures. EVS helps to ensure that someone is who he or she<br \/>\nclaims to be when entering information online. This helps to protect against<br \/>\nthieves using stolen personal information. ID verification and authentication<br \/>\nis the key to cutting down on identity theft online. As more companies<br \/>\nintegrate this service into their security measures, consumers will be further<br \/>\nprotected from online identity theft and Internet Fraud.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Cambria;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Cambria;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div><!--EndFragment--><a href=\"https:\/\/www.creditdonkey.com\/identity-theft-protection.html\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/evssolutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/identity-theft.png\" alt=\"Infographics: Identity Theft Protection\" width=\"550\" height=\"1621\" style=\"border-width: 0px; border-style: solid;\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nCourtesy of: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.creditdonkey.com\/\">CreditDonkey<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent study conducted by Javelin Strategy and Research, it reflected that identity fraud has increased 13% from 2011. One contributing factor to this increase may be due to the number of online payments and Internet fraud. As discussed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":4718,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-identity-fraud","category-internet-fraud"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/evssolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/evssolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/evssolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evssolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evssolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/evssolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evssolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/evssolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evssolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evssolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}