Bank customers warned over ID fraud

Bank account holders are more at risk of identity fraud because of the credit crunch, a report warns.

Fraudsters are finding it more difficult to use fake identities to open accounts and take out loans because of bank belt-tightening, MPs found.

Restrictions on credit are forcing them to target real people instead of using identities, the All Party Parliamentary Group on ID cards said.

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