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FTC: Identity Theft Remains Top Consumer Complaint | |
FTC: Identity Theft Remains Top 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, February 7, by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). More than a quarter of a million ID theft complaints were lodged with the agency last year, accounting for 36 percent of the 674,000 complaints the FTC received. That number is down slightly from 2005, when ID theft accounted for 37 percent of all complaints. This marks the seventh consecutive year that identity theft has been ranked
number one. The second−largest number of complaints, seven percent, came from consumers who were unhappy with products they had ordered from catalogs. Internet−related complaints were up too. According to the 2006 data, they made up 60 percent of all fraud complaints. Last year, they accounted for 46 percent. But one area of Internet fraud declined noticeably: Internet auctions.
Source: http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/...idfraud_1.html |
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