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Identity theft continues to affect Americans with credit card fraud topping the list of identity thefts crimes in 2019. This according to research by PreciseSecurity. In 2019 some 271, 823 Americans were victims of credit card fraud.
Overall, more than 9 million Americans have their identities stolen each year. Identity theft complaints in the U.S. reached 650,000 in 2019, this is more than double 2018s 270,000 victims.

Other forms of credit card fraud committed last year include loan or lease fraud (104,699 cases); utilities fraud (83,535 cases) and bank fraud (58,723 cases).