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Consumer Sentinel's data allows us to
pinpoint trends and developments in consumer fraud. Through data
sharing agreements Consumer Sentinel includes not only consumer fraud
and identity theft complaints received by the FTC, but also complaints
from over 100 different U.S. and Canadian federal, state,
and non-governmental organizations. This diversity of sources gives Consumer Sentinel
users a broader, more complete picture of current trends in consumer fraud and identity
theft. In this section you can see consumer fraud and identity theft reports based on the
consumer complaint data contained in Consumer Sentinel.
We are constantly adding data. We have found
it most useful to track complaint data using its original entry date into the data
contributors' systems. Accordingly, transfers of data from other organizations may contain
complaints from previous months. This will retroactively change some totals and
percentages on our graphs and charts.
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