Fraud attacks.

• Position: STATELINE - Brief article

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The Atlantic Monthly recently ranked states based on the amount of fraud and identify theft complaints published by the Federal Trade Commission in the Consumer Sentinel Network Data Book. Consumers filed more than 1.3 million fraud claims in 2010. In the most fraud-ridden states, either residents do not adequately protect their own interests or the government does not do enough to prevent fraud and...