Junk Mail May Fuel Identitity Theft Problem

A recent survey in Northern Ireland indicates that there may be a connection with junk mail delivery and identity theft, according to a report in the Belfast Telegraph. According to the report, the average Belfast household gets 509 unsolicited letters stuffed into their mailboxes annually; this equates to almost 40,000 in a lifetime.

But in an insurance company-commissioned survey of 4,000 people, 85% of those polled admitted to chucking the junk mail in the garbage unopened - thereby leaving valuable personal information available to dumpster divers, scam artists, and other collectors of garbage. For more, see Junk mail ID theft warning.

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