Your credit card company contacts you about some unusual transactions on your account. You realize that these transactions are not yours. You are a victim of identity theft. You contact your credit ...

More consumers are reporting insurance identity theft, a sophisticated fraud that can drive up insurance premiums and cancel policies. There were 15,587 reports of insurance identity theft in 2024, ...

In the middle of an overseas trip last week, I got a notice that my bank account was overdrawn. This was quite a surprise. I didn’t have tons of money in it but I knew how much I had. Even more ...

I study fraud and cybercrime for a living. Then I became a case study. I've spent years as part of the fraud-fighting community, publishing academic research, sharing insights almost daily on LinkedIn ...

In a post-apocalyptic world, zombies aren't picky. The same's true of ID theft. In the post-apocalyptic world of "The Walking Dead," it's a foregone conclusion that zombies happen, and they aren't ...

Antivirus is the guard posted at your hardware, whereas identity security is out on the battlefield. Antivirus works inside ...

The holiday season is fraught with scams, with officials warning shoppers to keep an extra wary eye out for shady deals and potential fraudsters. This is especially so in Pennsylvania, a state that, ...

Convicted identity thief shares a few of her favorite targets. — -- There’s no better way to ask how someone’s identity can be stolen than by asking an identity thief herself. So that’s exactly ...

Identity theft reports rose by 9% nationwide last year, representing the first year-over-year increase in identity theft reports since 2021. Florida residents reported the most issues of any state in ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A convicted identity thief has advice to help you avoid being the next victim. This, as Fresno police release their new list of top five identity thieves. And there's one ...

Identity theft is as pervasive as ever: A quick look at the Fraud and ID Theft Maps of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) shows 841,810 reports of ID theft by the end of September last year, reaching ...