2007 FTC’s top list of consumer fraud
For the seventh consecutive year, identity theft is the number one appeal with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.The Americans reported more than 20 per cent of cases of deception of consumers during the year 2007 compared to the previous year, where almost one third of the 813899 complaints about the theft of personal data.The FTC has published its latest reports of damage increasingly at the forefront annual RAG, Consumer Fraud Complaint and Identity Theft Data. Bad playing his best, care of the U.S. government.Who were the winners and losers? Well, all allegedly on the list was even worse - but let us not see the glass as half empty. Chin up! The Internet economy remains prosperous!
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