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https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2025/08/ftc-data-show-more-four-fold-increase-reports-impersonation-scammers-stealing-tens-even-hundreds
Aug 7, 2025 · New analysis from the Federal Trade Commission shows a more than four-fold increase since 2020 in reports from older adults who say they lost $10,000 or more—somet
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/data-visualizations/data-spotlight/2025/08/false-alarm-real-scam-how-scammers-are-stealing-older-adults-life-savings
Aug 7, 2025 · Reports to the FTC show a growing wave of scams aimed squarely at retirees’ life savings. These scammers pretend to be from known and trusted government agencies a
https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/refunds/amazon-refunds
Jan 6, 2026 · The FTC is not contacting people about refunds in the Amazon matter. If you get a call from someone who claims to be from the FTC, it’s a scam. Report it at Report
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This video shows you how to report scams, fraud, and bad business practices to the Federal Trade Commission at https://ReportFraud.ftc.gov and why it’s important to do it.
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2025/04/new-ftc-data-show-top-text-message-scams-2024-overall-losses-text-scams-hit-470-million
Apr 16, 2025 · New data from the Federal Trade Commission show that in 2024, consumers reported losing $470 million to scams that started with text messages.
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Sentinel sorts consumer reports into 29 top categories. Appendices B1 - B3 provide detailed descriptions of the categories and figures over three years. In 2024, some categories we
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2025/03/ftc-suit-against-e-commerce-business-opportunity-scam-leads-permanent-bans-operators
Mar 24, 2025 · The Federal Trade Commission is requiring operators of a deceptive business opportunity to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to settle allegations they misled ..
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/topics/identity-theft/report-identity-theft
Mar 25, 2026 · 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 si
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/topics/identity-theft/phishing-scams
5 days ago · Phishing Scams and How to Spot Them Phishing is a type of online scam that targets consumers by sending them an e-mail that appears to be from a well-known source –