The Fraudian Slip Podcast: Identity Theft Resource Center – 2025 Consumer Impact Report by ITRC - S6E10

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Welcome to the Fraudian Slip, the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC’s) podcast, where we talk about all things identity theft, fraud and scams that impact people and businesses. This week, we published our 2025 Consumer Impact Report by ITRC, supported by Experian. 

The report goes beyond the basic financial implications of identity crimes and explores the lost opportunities as well as the emotional and physical impacts experienced by victims resulting from the crimes. The findings in the 2025 Consumer Impact Report by ITRC reveal rising financial and emotional impacts from identity theft, fraud and scams, as well as an increase in repeat attacks and other concerns, while overall reports of identity misuse declined slightly.   

For the report, the ITRC surveyed victims who contacted the ITRC separately and general consumers who were victims of identity crimes. According to the responses, emotional impacts, repeat victimization rates and financial impacts are more severe compared to previous years in both victim groups.  

ITRC CEO Eva Velasquez presented the findings from this year’s report in a webinar. We have a link below for this week’s podcast.  

Watch the Webinar  

You can download a copy of the ITRC’s 2025 Consumer Impact Report by ITRC on our website, www.idtheftcenter.org/reports. You can also click here.