Identity Theft Is the Most Common Complaint FTC Receives

[Jack]

The Federal Trade Commission reports that the most common type of complaints received last year were about identity theft and amounted to 19% of the total.

FTC's 2010 Top Consumer Complaints list is based on categorizing 1,339,265 reports received last year from individuals.

This is the first time when impostor scams make it in the top ten list and they're already positioned at the number six spot.

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[Jack]

It's good that this kind of things are reported....it's no surprise that Identity Theft is the first one...since It's common sense to report when you're credit card has identity has been compromised