Identity Theft Tops FTC Complaint List

According to the FTC's annual report on the subject, identity theft topped the list of FTC complaints for the 7th year in a row. Roughly 32% (or over 260,000) of the Agency's 2007 complaints were due to identity theft. The report also demonstates that the most frequent type of identity theft complaint in 2007 was credit card fraud (23%). The metropolitan areas reporting the highest per capita rates of identity theft were Napa, California; Madera, California; and Greeley, Colorado.