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Barry Stamp, the author, is co-founder of the Credit Reporting Agency, which became the first company in the world to make credit scoring available to consumers and to provide online credit reports in the UK. He is currently a member of the Institute of Credit Management's (ICM) Technical Advisory Committee, which provides feedback to government on credit issues.

Identity theft is a growing problem in the UK. More than four million people have fallen victim to this crime and had their identities stolen – a staggering five-fold increase since 1999. ID theft occurs when criminals obtain your personal documents or data and, by impersonating you, use the information fraudulently to obtain money or buy goods and services. This Kit provides help in fighting this problem. It explains measures that you can take to reduce the likelihood of ID theft and gives advice on what to do if you are unlucky enough to fall victim to the ID fraudsters.
 
The Kit includes a free CD with trial anti-virus, firewall and anti-malware software from AVG.

To use it you'll need:

• IBM Compatible PC
• 16 x CD drive or better
• Pentium processor or equivalent
• SVGA graphics card
• Windows 98, 98 SE, ME, NT4 (Service Pack 5), 2000, or XP
• 64 MB RAM
• Microsoft Word 95 or higher (not included)
• Acrobat Reader 4.0 (included)