The Federal Trade Commission is warning about a scam targeting people who have already been robbed. Scammers were calling and texting recent fraud victims, posing as FTC agents who could recover stolen money and sending photos of fake agency badges to look the part. The targets had one thing in common. Each had lost money to a scam before.
Being scammed once can make you more likely to be targeted again. The Identity Theft Resource Center's 2026 Trends in Identity Report found that 25.6% of identity crime victims were managing two or more incidents at the same time. The report also found that 62.1% of attempted identity misuse cases involved new account applications.
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