Network World

FTC: 27 million victims of ID theft

About 27.3 million U.S. residents have been victims of identity theft during the past five years, according to a survey released Wednesday by the Federal Trade Commission, but the agency is unsure how ...
Financial Advisor

ID Theft Should Rarely Be Reported To Police, Says FTC

Many people contact the police when their wallets are stolen. But they rarely need to when they are the victims of identity theft, the Federal Trade Commission said Thursday. Report the theft to the ...
KHQ

ID theft tops list of FTC complaints again

SPOKANE, Wash. - The FTC released Wednesday the list of top consumer fraud complaints received by the agency in 2007, and identity theft tops the list for the 7th year in a row. FTC data showed that ...
CSOonline

FTC: ID Theft Still Number-One Consumer Complaint

Identity theft remained top of mind among U.S. consumers last year, but complaints about Internet auction fraud dropped noticeably, according to data released Wednesday by the U.S. Federal Trade ...
WWLP-22News

FTC shares tips to prevent identity theft

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – It’s Identity Theft Awareness Week and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says identity theft can happen to anyone and can take many forms. The agency and its partners are ...
Network World

FTC’s ID theft prevention rules affect more businesses than you think

My guess is many of you have never heard of the FTC’s Red Flag Rules. Even so, I would bet that a fair number of you work for a business that needs to comply with the rules. This unawareness is the ...
The Washington Post

FTC Says Identity Theft Is Rampant

Nearly 10 million people in the United States were victims of identity theft in the past year, crimes that took a total of 300 million hours to correct and cost people a total of $5 billion, the ...
WWLP-22News

FTC warns consumers on identity theft risks

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – The Federal Trade Commission is educating consumers on how to protect themselves from identity theft. This can happen to anyone at any time, especially now as tax season gets ...
Independent Record

FTC: 10 million identity theft victims

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Even federal regulators were surprised by what the most comprehensive government study of identity theft turned up: nearly 10 million victims and a loss of $53 billion for ...
Computerworld

FTC to release ID theft data

The Federal Trade Commission will wade into an emerging debate on the nature of identity crime when it releases its latest ID theft statistics at the RSA Conference in San Francisco. The data, set to ...

FTC services down amid US shutdown, limits reporting scams

Snap beneficiaries, federal workers, and more are impacted by this shutdown, and scammers could also be taking advantage of this time.