ID Theft Remains No. 1 Consumer Complaint

Identity Theft

Consumers filed more than 255,000 identity theft reports to the Federal Trade Commission in 2005, accounting for more than a third of all complaints.

According to the FTC's most recent report, Internet-related complaints accounted for 46% of all fraud complaints in 2005. The most common form of ID theft was credit-card fraud, followed by telephone or utility fraud, bank fraud, and employment fraud.

Washington, D.C., had the highest per-capita fraud rate, followed by Tampa, Fla., and Seattle.

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