Alaska State Library & Historical Collections

This week the Federal Trade Commission released the 2022 Consumer Sentinel Network Data Book. It reports that Alaskans reported 4,409 scams to the Federal Trade Commission in 2022. Total losses were $16.7 million dollars with a median loss of $950. Half of victims lost less than $950 and the other half lost more.

The top scam reported by Alaskans was Imposter Scams with 1,551 reports. Online Shopping and Negative Reviews took second place with 575 reports.The Data Book includes profiles for the other 49 states and summarizes activity for the nation as a whole.

Visit the link for more information about 2022 scammer activity across the United States.

See the first comment for where you can find resources to avoid scams and fight back.

The Alaska State Library is sharing this report as part of our activities as one of the seven Federal Depository Libraries in Alaska.

FTC crunches the 2022 numbers. See where scammers continue to crunch consumers. There are prime numbers, irrational numbers, and Fibonacci’s numbers – but from a consumer protection perspective, no number is quite as sobering as th

We're so excited about this 4-day film workshop for teens! This unique opportunity is part of the Youth Art at the APK program and it's the first one just for teens. Sign up now! Alaska State Museum Friends of the Alaska State Library, Archives, and Museum

This Youth Film Workshop in Juneau is open for applications! Sponsored by the Friends of the Alaska State Library, Archive, & Museum, this documentary film intensive is open to 7th-12th grade students to create a mini-documentary on a cannery or fishing related story of their choice. The workshop will occur on May 31st to June 3rd at the Alaska Library, Archive, & Museum. Deadline to Apply is May 20th. Apply using the QR code or link: tinyurl.com/2p9f4zma

Alaskans, please tell us what you want from your libraries over the next 3-5 years in this one question survey:

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The Alaska State Library & Archives will be closed Monday, May 31 in observance of Memorial Day. Photo: Flag exercises at the Ruby School on Decoration Day (as Memorial Day used to be known), 1917. ASL-P373-108.