FTC warns ‘impostor’ scams are on the rise

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Identity fraud complaints have dropped but concerns over impostor scams have gone up, according to new numbers from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
The FTC says it received more than 406,000 complaints of impostor scams last year alone.
Eliva Uscanga got one of these calls, with the person on the other end claiming to be an IRS agent demanding $37,000.
“I just was scared and didn’t know what to do,” she recalled.
These types of call