Target 2 Consumer Alert: National Consumer Protection Week

[McFurd]

WBAY.com - 2/4/2018 - It’s National Consumer Protection Week. This week's Target 2 Consumer Alert has new information about identity theft reaching epidemic levels and an online shopping scam meaning your information may be at risk. Consider this: Identity theft is at an all-time high. A newly released fraud study says there were more than 16 million victims of identity theft (16.7 million) in the U.S last year, which is up 8%. The Javelin Research Team has been tracking fraud trends for 15 years and finds for the first time hackers stole more social security numbers than credit card numbers. Read more @ http://www.wbay.com/content/news/Target ... 65083.html