4528.0 - Personal Fraud, 2010-2011

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Explanatory Notes Glossary Abbreviations Data Available on Request (Appendix) Quality Declaration Data Quality (Technical Note)	APPENDIX 1 - DATA AVAILABLE ON REQUEST In addition to the statistics provided in this publication, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) can produce customised tables to meet special data requirements, on request. These are subject to confidentiality and quality constraints however. Inquiries should be made to the National Information and Referral Service. CREDIT CARD FRAUD Whether discovered being a victim of credit card, debit card or bank card fraud in last 12 months Number of times has discovered being a victim of card fraud in last 12 months Number of cards used Whether card part of a joint account Number of joint account owners in household Informed of mis-use of card by a bank or agency Agency who informed about mis-use of card or card details Number of card fraud incidents in last 12 months informed by police Number of card fraud incidents in last 12 months informed by bank or financial institution Number of card fraud incidents in last 12 months informed by credit card company Number of card fraud incidents in last 12 months informed by consumer affairs/ombudsman Number of card fraud incidents in last 12 months informed by someone else Whether reported any incident of card fraud Authorities card fraud reported to in last 12 months Number of card fraud incidents in last 12 months reported to bank or financial institution Number of card fraud incidents in last 12 months reported to consumer affairs/ombudsman Number of card fraud incidents in last 12 months reported to credit card company Number of card fraud incidents in last 12 months reported to police Number of card fraud incidents in last 12 months reported to someone else Number of card fraud incidents not reported Amount withdrawn or used in all card fraud incidents in the last 12 months Amount lost in all card fraud incidents in the last 12 months Whether sought reimbursement for card fraud in last 12 months Whether received reimbursement for card fraud in last 12 months IDENTITY THEFT Whether has discovered being a victim of identity theft Number of times has discovered being a victim of identity theft Number of times has discovered being a victim of identity theft in last 5 years Whether has discovered being a victim of identity theft in last 2 years Number of times has discovered being a victim of identity theft in last 2 years Whether has discovered being a victim of identity theft in last 12 months Number of times has discovered being a victim of identity theft in last 12 months How personal information was used in identity theft How discovered details were used in identity theft How personal details obtained in identity theft Whether any money was lost as a result of identity theft Amount of money lost as a result of identity theft Whether reported identity theft Agency reported identity theft to Number of identity theft incidents reported to police Number of identity theft incidents reported to consumer affairs/ombudsman Number of identity theft incidents reported to the business Number of identity theft incidents reported to issuer of document Number of identity theft incidents reported to someone else Number of identity theft incidents not reported Reasons for not reporting identity theft TOTAL IDENTITY FRAUD Whether has discovered being a victim of identity fraud Number of incidents of identity fraud in the the last 12 months SCAMS Whether has been exposed to scam in last 12 months Type(s) of scams exposed to in last 12 months Whether has responded to scam in last 12 months Number of scams responded to in last 12 months Type of scams responded to in last 12 months Whether any money was lost as a result of scam Amount of money lost as a result of scam How received scam offer How responded to scam offer Number of scams received by email/internet in last 12 months Number of scams received by telephone/fax/sms in last 12 months Number of scams received in person in last 12 months Number of scams received in the post in last 12 months Number of scams received in another way in last 12 months Number of scams where don't know how it was received in last 12 months Whether reported scam Agencies reported scam to Number of scams reported to police in last 12 months Number of scams reported to consumer affairs/ombudsman in last 12 months Number of scams reported to a business in last 12 months Number of scams reported to someone else in last 12 months Number of scam incidents not reported TOTAL FRAUD Whether has discovered being a victim of personal fraud Number of fraud incidents in the last 12 months Number of fraud incidents in the last 12 months/5 years Whether lost money after reimbursement as a result of fraud in the last 12 months/5 years Whether lost money as a result of fraud in the last 12 months/5 years Monetary range of financial loss from all fraud types Overall sum of financial loss from all fraud types OTHER VARIABLES Data can be classified by various person and household characteristics, such as: Age Sex Marital status Country of birth Educational attainment Labour force status State or territory of usual residence Personal income range Equivalised household weekly income deciles Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.