Identity fraud attempts have doubled in the first half of this year from the last quarter of 2010, with attempts to defraud current accounts rocketing by 340%, according to statistics released by Experian.

Identity fraudsters were responsible for eight in every 10,000 fraudulent applications made in UK financial services in the second quarter of this year, which was double the number recorded in the final quarter of 2010.
Overall levels of application fraud against UK financial services firms have now risen for the third consecutive quarter, with the latest increase driven by a 340% rise in current account identity fraud, from five to....Read more here--> Identity fraud rockets