After taking steps to block the identity thief from further fraudulent activity, report the case of identity theft to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), who will provide an affidavit to help youfile a police report, assist law enforcement investigations, and help you recover lost funds by provi...
FTC: Identity theft retains its throne as No.1 worst scourge in Top 10 consumer complaint list.The article reports thet the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's (FTC's) annual look at its Consumer Sentinel Network database of complaints found that 2012 was the first year the agency got more ...
This article reports that identity (ID) theft, for the seventh year in a row, remained the top complaint among consumers who filed complaints with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in 2006. Last year, 36% of 674,354 complaints to the FTC were for ID theft. The report only ...
Additionally, there were more than 1.1 million reports of identity theft in 2022. How to avoid falling victim to fraud Here are some tips to help you avoid being the victim of fraud, according to Erin Witte, director of consumer protection for the Consumer Federation of America: Slow down:...
The COVID-19 pandemic is being blamed for an increase of 2916% of identity theft reports filed in the US and Puerto Rico, mostly related to government benefits, credit cards and online sales, statistics from the Federal Trade Commission and Debt.com show. Debt.com’s data shows that 46% ...
The FTC managesIdentityTheft.gov, a resource to help consumers submit identity theft reports and recover from identity theft. The site offers consumers advice on how to protect against and identify instances of identity theft as well as the steps to take if their personal information is stolen to...
There are reports of scammers covering up QR codes on parking meters with their own malicious QR codes. Other "crafty" scammers send QR codes by text message or email and give you fake reasons to scan it, such as: Saying they couldn’t deliver your package and need you to scan the co...
The article reports on the three-month delay granted by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for the enforcement of its new identity theft prevention rule, the Red Flags Rule. According to the FTC, the delay of the enforcement of the rule until August 1, 2009 will provide creditors an...
There are reports of scammers covering up QR codes on parking meters with their own malicious QR codes. Other "crafty" scammers send QR codes by text message or email and give you fake reasons to scan it, such as: Saying they couldn’t deliver your package and need you to scan the co...
PLACE A CREDIT FREEZE OR FRAUD ALERT ON YOUR CREDIT REPORTS If you're a victim ofidentity theftor are concerned your data might be in jeopardy due to a data breach, placing a credit freeze on your account stops anyone from opening an account in your name. A credit freeze can be very ...