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New FTC Data Show Top Text Message Scams of 2024; Overall …
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.
New FTC Data Show a Big Jump in Reported Losses to Fraud to …
Mar 10, 2025 · Losses to government imposter scams in particular increased $171 million from 2023 to a total of $789 million in 2024. Online shopping issues were the second most …
Phishing Scams - Federal Trade Commission
2 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 – …
False alarm, real scam: how scammers are stealing older adults’ life ...
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 and …
How to Report Fraud at ReportFraud.ftc.gov
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.
New FTC Data Show Skyrocketing Consumer Reports About Game …
Dec 12, 2024 · New Federal Trade Commission complaint data show a sharp spike in online job scams that require consumers to repeat sets of tasks, which tracks closely with an increase in …
FTC Data Show a More Than Four-Fold Increase in Reports of ...
Aug 7, 2025 · The FTC’s latest Consumer Protection Data Spotlight shows a huge jump in losses reported by people 60 and over to these types of impersonation scams in the last four years. …
New FTC Data Shows Massive Increase in Losses to Bitcoin ATM …
Sep 3, 2024 · New data from the Federal Trade Commission shows a massive increase in the amount of money consumers report losing to scammers involving Bitcoin ATM machines. …
Phishing | Federal Trade Commission
A new analysis from the Federal Trade Commission shows that bogus bank fraud warnings were the most common form of text message scam reported to the agency, and that many of the …