Scammers may look to exploit fear and uncertainty as people worry about pay and benefits in the ongoing government shutdown.

The FTC’s shut down matters because it halts important consumer protection operations. While out of service, critical tasks ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – It’s Identity Theft Awareness Week and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says identity theft can happen to anyone and can take many forms. The agency and its partners are ...

Although most of us think of the typical scam victim as an older person, according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – The Federal Trade Commission is educating consumers on how to protect themselves from identity theft. This can happen to anyone at any time, especially now as tax season gets ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - The Federal Trade Commission got more than a million reports of identity theft last year. Those victims lost more than $10 billion combined. FOX5 wraps up ID Theft awareness ...

A government survey questions the conventional wisdom that identity theft is a growing problem in the U.S. But don’t toss out your shredder just yet. Consumer advocates are not convinced the Federal ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Even federal regulators were surprised by what the most comprehensive government study of identity theft turned up: nearly 10 million victims and a loss of $53 billion for ...

Nearly 10 million people in the United States were victims of identity theft in the past year, crimes that took a total of 300 million hours to correct and cost people a total of $5 billion, the ...