Are you at risk? Are your customers? Let's look at some of the ways identity theft is happening and ways of preventing it. Stealing identities is a nationwide epidemic. Identity theft has become a ...

Paying bills, scheduling appointments, applying for jobs — we share personal information with businesses and other people nearly every day. Since so much of our data is shared online, it’s easy to ...

Identity theft can sound like something straight out of a Hollywood thriller. A mysterious hacker breaking into a bank account or a con artist slipping through airport security with nothing but a ...

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 ...

The federal government has long struggled with technology and is far behind private industry in using data to prevent fraud and payment errors. The Computer Matching Act of 1988 is one of the biggest ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- We've all heard of identity theft. Maybe you or someone you know has even been a victim. Because it's on the rise, it's not surprising that companies are trying to cash in by ...

As many as nine million Americans have their identities stolen each year, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Identity thieves may use your personal information to access your financial ...

Learn how to protect yourself and others from identity theft and other scams Sept. 3 in Park Ridge. Representatives of Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office will lead a presentation on ...

The Better Business Bureau (BBB) of Greater Maryland is warning that posting your child's back-to-school photos online can pose a security risk, especially if those photos include personal information ...

CHARLOTTE — When you think of identity theft, you probably think about personal information, such as Social Security Numbers, said Action 9 investigator Jason Stoogenke. You must now consider ...