Current Scams - 01-2022 Archive

Welcome to Identity Theft Awareness Week 2022. During the week, the FTC and its partners will host free webinars, podcasts, and other events focused on trending issues in identity theft. We’ll talk about how to detect identity theft, protect against it, and recover if identity theft occurs. We’ll also highlight the top identity theft scams — and how to avoid them. We hope you’ll join us!

There's a new spin on scammers asking people to pay with cryptocurrency. It involves an impersonator, a QR code, and a trip to a store (directed by a scammer on the phone) to send your money to them through a cryptocurrency ATM.