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- Identity Theft: Protecting Yourself, Reporting, and Recovering
What is identity theft and how it happens; How to protect yourself against identity theft ; How to spot and avoid identity theft; What to do if your identity is stolen; Free tools to help you recover from identity theft ; To join the webinar on Thursday January 30, 2025, at 12:00 pm ET:
- Identity Theft - Federal Trade Commission
The official website of the Federal Trade Commission, protecting America’s consumers for over 100 years
- Report Identity Theft - Federal Trade Commission
Report Identity Theft Consumers can report identity theft at IdentityTheft gov , the federal government’s one-stop resource to help people report and recover from identity theft The site provides step-by-step advice and helpful resources like easy-to-print checklists and sample letters
- 5 Ways to Help Protect Your Identity - Federal Trade Commission
Identity theft happens It's an unfortunate fact of modern life But there are certain steps you can take to help keep your personal information from falling into the wrong hands Every day, you do things to protect what's most important to you And you know what? You do them almost automatically
- Fighting Identity Theft with the Red Flags Rule: A How-To Guide for . . .
The Red Flags Rule 1 requires many businesses and organizations to implement a written identity theft prevention program designed to detect the “red flags” of identity theft in their day-to-day operations, take steps to prevent the crime, and mitigate its damage The bottom line is that a program can help businesses spot suspicious patterns
- New FTC Data Show a Big Jump in Reported Losses to Fraud to $12. 5 . . .
In 2024, there were more than 1 1 million reports of identity theft received through the FTC’s IdentityTheft gov website The FTC uses the reports it receives through the Sentinel network as the starting point for many of its law enforcement investigations, and the agency also shares these reports with federal, state, and local law
- Identity Theft - Federal Trade Commission
Identity theft often tops the list of consumer fraud reports that are filed with the FTC and other enforcement agencies While the FTC does not have criminal jurisdiction, it supports the criminal investigation and prosecution of identity theft by serving as a clearinghouse for identity theft reports, part of the FTC’s Consumer Sentinel
- CSN Annual Data Book 2023 - Federal Trade Commission
- Identity theft: 1 0 million (19%) - Other: 1 8 million (34%) In 2023, people filed more reports about Identity Theft (19 2% of all reports), in all its various forms, than any other type of complaint Imposter Scams, a subset of Fraud reports, followed with 853,935 reports from consumers in 2023 (15 8% of all reports)
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