Consumer Affairs here Thursday

The South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs (CDC) will visit the Gaffney Community on Thursday, May 2, to handle consumer complaints and questions. Regional CDC outreach coordinator Patty Guthrie will be at the Cherokee County Public Library, 300 E. Rutedge Ave.

Consumers may come with questions or comlaints regarding a business etween 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. ndividuals are encouraged to bring documentation with hem.

Guthrie will also have addional materials on identity heft available upon request.

Did You Know?

20 percent of identity theft occurs through telecommunications and the Internet.

Researchers say the verage victim spends $1500 nd 175 hours repairing damges.

 

With an average of 10 million victims in the U.S., total costs for repair are $50 million.

The FTC received 55,000 complaints regarding dentity theft in 2005.

Columbia ranks last in he state in identity theft folowed by Greenville, Charleston, Rock Hill and Myrtle Beach.

Thirty-five percent of all identity theft occurs through e-mail, which is the number one method.