Particularly at risk, local
law enforcement officials
warn, are senior citizens
often targeted by scam
artists.
One Fort Collins police officer
said the problem could be worse than reported.
“The problem with this type of crime is that so often it goes unreported
— victims are often embarrassed and don’t want to report what happened,”
said Susan Vance, crime prevention officer with the Fort Collins police.
In 2006, the FTC reported, 669
instances of consumer fraud and 275 incidents of identity theft were
recorded in the Fort Collins–Loveland area. The Greeley metropolitan
area reported 1,023 incidents of consumer fraud and 537 identity theft
reports.
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