The ABA Foundation and the Federal Trade Commission released a new infographic highlighting the problem of government impostor scams. In 2020, 498,000 impostor scams were reported to the FTC by consumers and nearly one in five reported losing money, with reported losses totaling nearly $1.2 billion. Almost one-third of the scams involved someone posing as a government representative.
In impostor scams, scammers will typically call, email, text or direct message consumers on social media often claiming that…