(WSVN) - Fraud losses reached over $331 million for Florida consumers in 2021, according to new data from the Federal Trade Commission.
According to the newly released data, Florida consumers reported losing a total of $331,282,322 to fraud, with a median loss of $532.
Nationally, consumers reported losing more than $5.8 billion to fraud in 2021, up from $3.4 billion in 2020.
Reports received by the FTC included identity theft, fraud and other categories.
Across all types of reports, the FTC received a total of 405,003 reports from consumers in Florida in 2021 — 156,319 were fraud reports alone.
The top category of reports received from consumers in Florida was identity theft; followed by credit bureaus, information furnishers and report users; imposter scams; online shopping and negative reviews; and banks and lenders.
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