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Credit card holders 'should be careful about putting personal information on social networking sites'

Credit card holders and other consumers can help to protect themselves against identity fraud by exercising caution when putting personal information on social networking sites, it has been suggested.

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14 October 2009

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James Webb, identity fraud expert and spokesperson for National Identity Fraud Prevention Week, said people can also reduce their changes of falling victim to the crime by regularly checking credit card and bank statements for unusual transactions.

Mr Webb's comments come as Fellowes and the National Fraud Authority released a new survey, revealing that 97% of employees are not totally confident the firms they work for are protecting their customers' identities.

The study also found 43% of all businesses polled said they fear the effect fraud can have on their reputations.

Mr Webb also offered this advice for people such as credit card holders who would like to protect themselves from identity fraud: "They should also in their everyday life be very vigilant and very careful in terms of who they are giving their information to, people they are conducting transactions with, particularly online."

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