With identity theft cases rising nationwide, more consumers are discovering unfamiliar accounts or inquiries on their credit ...

The FTC did a random telephone survey of 4,057 adults to try to gauge the extent of identity theft crimes in the last five years. It found 27.3 million people were victimized when someone made ...

File A Report With The FTC If you discover any signs of identity theft, go to IdentityTheft.gov, the official Federal Trade Commission (FTC) portal for reporting and resolving identity theft.

“Identity theft is one of the most serious threats to the public today. When data begins leaking due to a company’s negligence, it is consumers who suffer the most, in the form of financial losses, ...

According to recent Federal Trade Commission (FTC) data, American consumers reported losing more than $12.5 billion to fraud in 2024, a sobering 25% increase from the previous year. As digital ...

Impostor scams accounted for 406,578 of the 3,050,374 consumer complaints received in 2016 by the FTC's Consumer Sentinel Network, just above the 399,225 received for identity theft, the agency said.

Last year, there were more than 99,000 reports of fraud and 38,000 reports of identity theft filed with the FTC by military consumers including active duty servicemembers, veterans and retirees ...