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Identity Theft Makes It 15 Years in a Row

FTC releases its top consumer complaints of 2014.

Consumer News

Identity Theft Makes It 15 Years in a Row

Once again, identity theft steals the show. For the 15th straight year, the FTC has listed ID theft as the year’s top consumer complaint. The 2014 rankings — borne out of consumer complaints recorded in the FTC’s Consumer Sentinel Network — also saw imposter schemes cracking the top three for the first time, which the FTC said signaled a rise in governmental impersonators. Overall, consumers last year reported annual losses of more than $1.7 billion to fraud. Here’s how the rest of the top seven rounds out.

FTC Consumer Complaints Infographic

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