Consumers have become more vulnerable to privacy infringement and identity theft MOST LIKELY due to which trend? A) consumers' decreasing awareness of investment scams B) the proliferation of automated financial transactions C) the rising rate of mortgage foreclosures during the recession D) the government's increasing regulation of the consumer credit industry

A) consumers’ decreasing awareness of investment scams.

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the divergent