The Federal Trade Commission has released its annual report on identity theft and fraud. The federal agency acts as a clearinghouse for these complaints, channeling them to local authorities as appropriate.
More than 38% of 635,173 complaints received during 2004 dealt with identity theft, the theme of next week's National Consumer Protection Week. The three major cities were identity theft was highest per capita were Phoenix, Riverside-San Bernadino-Ontario, CA and Las Vegas.
The government agency's report also broke down more than 300,00 fraud complaints into the following categories:
- Internet Auctions - 16 percent
- Shop-at-Home/Catalog Sales - 8 percent
- Internet Services and Computer Complaints - 6 percent
- Foreign Money Offers - 6 percent
- Prizes/Sweepstakes and Lotteries - 5 percent
- Advance-Fee Loans and Credit Protection - 3 percent
- Business Opportunities and Work-at-Home - 2 percent
- Telephone Services - 2 percent
- Other (miscellaneous) - 12 percent
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