Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is urging taxpayers to stay resolute against ongoing scams and schemes by properly securing computers, tablets, and phones since solid cybersecurity protection and scam recognition are vital to reduce the threat of identity theft inside and outside the tax system, according to…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has released statistics from the FTC’s Consumer Sentinel Network Data Book 2021 that shows consumers reported losing more than $5.8 billion to fraud in 2021, an increase of more than 70 percent over the previous year, according to a press release from…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will host a series of free events focused on trending issues in identity theft that include how to reduce the risk of identity theft and recover if it occurs to mark Identity Theft Awareness Week that takes place from Monday, January 31,…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn “Black Friday” – the Friday after Thanksgiving that is one of the busiest online shopping days of the year – will be impacted by supply chain issues, shipping delays, and COVID-19 in 2021, “which will inject a heightened level of stress and panic buying” that may lead…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Identity theft cases surged in New York State in 2020 as identity theft complaints surpassed 67,000 statewide during that year, more than four times the annual total from a decade earlier, according to data from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that was cited in a report from…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn A Utah-based smart home security and monitoring company has agreed to pay $20 million to settle charges filed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that claimed the firm allegedly violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) by improperly obtaining credit reports in order to qualify potential customers…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) “is watching closely and will aggressively go after fraudsters who try to exploit the relief effort” for Americans hurt financially by the COVID-19 pandemic following the enactment of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, according to a statement from FTC Chairwoman…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and more than 100 federal, state, and local agencies, consumer groups, and national advocacy organizations are participating in the 23rd annual National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW) being held from February 28, 2021, to March 6, 2021, according to a press release from…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and its partners will host free webinars and other events during Identity Theft Awareness Week from February 1 to 5, 2021, to highlight ways to protect personal information, the warning signs of identity theft, and what to do if identity theft occurs,…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn More than eight in ten consumers – 86 percent – were the victim of identity theft, credit/debit card fraud, or data breaches in 2020, increasing from 80 percent in 2019, while over half – 51 percent – also experienced a rise in phishing activity during the Coronavirus…
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