FTC Releases List of Top Consumer Complaints in 2008

The Federal Trade Commission released the list of top consumer complaints received by the agency in 2008 and, for the ninth year in a row, identity theft was the number one consumer complaint category. Of 1,223,370 complaints received in 2008, 313,982 - or 26 percent - were related to identity theft. Number four on the list is Internet Services; number eight is Television and Electronic Media; 10 is Computer Equipment and Software; 13 Internet Auctions; and 20 is Telephone Services.