2017 Consumer Fraud State Fact Sheets

Aisha Cozad, AARP Research

Published August 03, 2017

Recent research has identified that 15.4 million US residents have been a victim of identity theft fraud, 16 percent more than 2015. Despite increased awareness, fraud losses increased by nearly one billion dollars according to the latest survey report from Javelin Strategy & Research.

August is AARP's Fraud Fighting Month. To aid the ongoing efforts of the AARP Fraud Watch Network's goal of providing Americans with resources and tools to help them protect their financial security, AARP Research has created the Consumer Fraud Fact Sheet.

The Consumer Fraud Fact Sheets provide state-level data on fraud, identity theft, and consumer complaints, and they give each state a ranking based on research conducted by the Federal Trade Commission.

For more information, contact Kadeem Thorpe at KThorpe@aarp.org or Aisha Bonner Cozad at ABonner@aarp.org.

2017 Consumer Fraud State Fact Sheets (PDF)

Alabama	Kentucky	North Dakota
Alaska	Louisiana	Ohio
Arizona	Maine	Oklahoma
Arkansas	Maryland	Oregon
California	Massachusetts	Pennsylvania
Colorado	Michigan	Rhode Island
Connecticut	Minnesota	South Carolina
Delaware	Mississippi	South Dakota
DC	Missouri	Tennessee
Florida	Montana	Texas
Georgia	Nebraska	Utah
Hawaii	Nevada	Vermont
Idaho	New Hampshire	Virginia
Illinois	New Jersey	Washington
Indiana	New Mexico	West Virginia
Iowa	New York	Wisconsin
Kansas	North Carolina	Wyoming

Suggested Citation:

Cozad, Aisha Bonner. 2017 Consumer Fraud State Fact Sheets. Washington, DC: AARP Research, August 2017. https://doi.org/10.26419/res.00171.000

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