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The Worst States For Identity Theft





In this Federal Trade Commission study, Arizona was listed as the capital of identity theft. For full results, check out the interactive map provided by MSN Money.

From MSN Money:

For the second year in a row, Arizona topped the Federal Trade Commission's list of states with the most identity-theft complaints, with 142.5 victims per 100,000 people in 2004. Nevada and California followed closely behind with 125.7 and 122.1 victims per 100,000 people, respectively.

Because the FTC's Consumer Sentinel database relies on consumers to report the crimes, the number of actual victims is perhaps less interesting than the year-to-year trends. And those show the same states -- Arizona, Nevada and California -- ranking highly while others like North Dakota and South Dakota sit securely at the bottom.

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