WalletHub has released its report on 2025’s States Most Vulnerable to Identity Theft & Fraud and Georgia is the 3rd on the list.
One contributing factor is that it has a relatively high number of people arrested for fraud per capita. It also has the sixth-highest and fifth-highest rate of fraud for e-commerce, based on shipping addresses and billing addresses located in the state, respectively.
Although laws in Georgia are comprehensive in most areas relating to identity theft and fraud, the state lacks an identity theft passport program that would assist victims in verifying their identities after an incident.
Finally, Georgia had 2,108 fraud complaints and 517 identity theft complaints for every 100,000 residents last year, the third-most and second-most in the nation, respectively. The state also had the 15th-highest average loss amount due to identity theft, at over $13,000.
To determine where Americans are most susceptible to fraud and identity theft, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 15 key metrics. The data set ranges from identity theft complaints per capita to the average loss amount due to fraud.
For the full report, please visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/states-where-identity-theft-and-fraud-are-worst/17549