It’s a sobering statistic: Consumers in 2021 lost more than $5.8 billion to fraud last year.
That finding comes from the Federal Trade Commission, which found online shopping and imposter scams topped the list, targeting millions of Americans each year.
NBC 5 Responds hears from consumers constantly, sharing their nightmare con stories, and now, the Better Business Bureau has released its overview of the scams that hit Illinoisans and Americans most last year.
“Education is of paramount importance in preventing these scams,” said Steve Bernas, president of the Better Business Bureau serving the Chicago area. “There’s not enough law enforcement, police, judges that would prevent these scams from happening across the world.”
The BBB Scam Tracker Risk report is aimed at shining a light on the darkest practices of con artists, including a top list of the scams consumers reported falling victim to most.
Better Business Bureau This list from the Better Business Bureau shows the top scams targeting consumers in 2021.
In its newly released list, the BBB found investment scams as the fifth most reported con targeting consumers, a scam NBC 5 Responds covered in-depth last year.
Two suburban Chicago couples turned to NBC 5 to warn others after each were hit by $40,000 fraudulent withdrawals around the same time.
In a follow-up to a report of a similar theft, NBC 5 Responds’ Lisa Parker…
