Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Releases Annual Summary of Consumer Complaints

In 2016, the Consumer Sentinel Network collected more than 3.1 million consumer complaints, which the FTC sorted into 30 top complaint categories.

The complaint categories making up the top 10 are:

You can view, download, save, or print the Consumer Sentinel Network Data Book for January – December 2016 by clicking here.

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