Duane wrote:
Ian G wrote:
The reason for this is fundamentally the USA
is the most advanced credit society. Others
will/may catch up in time, but right now they
are facing phishing and identity fraud losses
of 1% - 10% as severe as the US.
That wasn't what the link to MSN was suggesting, it was because of
illegal immegrants trying to get work, hell you don't even need a
matching name and SSN to work, but this has a side effect of giving
the US govt a bunch of tax income it will never have to repay.
Credit is a minor side effect issue in comparision with employment
from the article you posted :) (Article quoted $56bil in tax the US
govt won't have to pay back, I don't think there's that much fraud at
this stage...)
Re-reading back in those quotes ... I see that
I was jumping the gun there and switching
from identity theft to identity fraud without
thinking...
iang
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