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Warning over uploading copies of passport online as Government launches trial scheme to reduce identify theft

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"Recent figures show that last year the fraud prevention service Cifas reported 189,000 incidents of identity theft in the UK. As well as reducing the need to upload copies of passports online, the scheme aims to stop people having to take passports into bank branches. Government figures estimate that around 400,000 UK passports are lost or stolen every year."

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