New Data Shows FTC Received 63,992 Fraud Reports from Illinois Consumers
in 2022
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[February 24, 2023]
The Federal Trade Commission received 63,992 fraud reports
from consumers in Illinois in 2022, according to newly released data.
Illinois consumers reported losing a total of $199,135,728 to fraud,
with a median loss of $600.
The FTC’s Consumer Sentinel Network is a database that receives reports
directly from consumers, as well as from federal, state, and local law
enforcement agencies, the Better Business Bureau, industry members, and
non-profit organizations. Reports from around the country about consumer
protection issues—including identity theft, fraud, and other
categories—are a key resource for FTC investigations that stop illegal
activities and, when possible, provide refunds to consumers.
Across all types of reports, the FTC received a total of 171,883 reports
from consumers in Illinois in 2022.
The top category of reports received from consumers in Illinois was
Identity Theft; followed by Credit Bureaus, Information Furnishers and
Report Users; Imposter Scams; Banks and Lenders; and Online Shopping and
Negative Reviews.
Fraud Losses Up Nationwide
Nationally, consumers reported losing nearly $8.8 billion to fraud in
2022, up from $5.8 billion in 2021. Consumers reported losing more money
to investment scams—more than $3.8 billion—than any other category in
2022. That amount more than doubles the amount reported lost in 2021.
The second highest reported loss amount came from imposter scams, with
losses of $2.6 billion reported, up from $2.3 billion in 2021.
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The FTC received fraud reports from 2.4 million consumers last year,
with the most commonly reported being imposter scams, followed by
online shopping scams. Prizes, sweepstakes, and lotteries;
investment related reports; and business and job opportunities
rounded out the top five fraud categories.
Sentinel received more than 5.1 million reports overall in 2022. Of
these, more than 1.1 million were identity theft reports received
through the FTC’s IdentityTheft.gov website.
The FTC uses the reports it receives through Sentinel as the
starting point for many of its law enforcement investigations, and
the agency also shares these reports with approximately 2,800
federal, state, local, and international law enforcement
professionals. While the FTC does not intervene in individual
complaints, Sentinel reports are a vital part of the agency’s law
enforcement mission.
A full breakdown of reports received in 2022 is now available on the
FTC’s data analysis site at https://ftc.gov/exploredata. The data
dashboards there break down the reports across a number of
categories, including by state and metropolitan area.
The Federal Trade Commission works to promote competition, stop
deceptive and unfair business practices and scams, and educate
consumers. Report fraud, scams, or bad business practices at
ReportFraud.ftc.gov. Get consumer advice at consumer.ftc.gov. Also,
follow the FTC on social media, subscribe to press releases, and
read the FTC’s blogs.
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