Impostor scams, increasing in popularity, steal millions from victims

For the first time in 2016, impostor scams, where individuals pose as a government or other seemingly trustworthy official to get a victim to send money, surpassed identify theft, making it the second most common complaint the Federal Trade Commission receives. According to FTC data, debt collection, impostor scams, identity theft, telephone and mobile services, banks and lenders, prizes, sweepstakes and lotteries, shop-at-home and catalog sales, auto-related services, credit bureaus, delinquenc