More than three million people in the United States were the victims of identity-theft-related fraud in the past year, according to a recent survey by the Federal Trade Commission. These people have had accounts opened in their names by scam artists, they've had their names given to the police by crooks stopped for various infractions, and they've had their homes sold out from underneath them. Damages to these victims average more than $10,000 per theft.

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