Identity Theft Awareness Week | Steps to protect yourself ...

Children are a target of identity theft for many reasons. At the top of the list is they don't typically have credit reports. Holly Johnson is a credit card expert and writer who covers rewards and ...

Identity theft is becoming more common as scammers target more and more Americans each year. It can be stressful to consider what could happen if cyber criminals manage to access your Social Security ...

Ed Landing, a retired state geologist and a victim of identity theft, looks over documents he's put together as he tries to get back his stolen IRS federal tax return refund (Photo by John Carl ...

Identity theft protection services cannot prevent fraud, but consumers can take practical steps to reduce their vulnerability to criminals. Credit freezes at major bureaus and strong online security ...

Earlier this year, I was a victim of identity theft. Nearly $500 was sucked out of my bank account by a Chinese business I had never heard of. My bank restored the money, but I still don’t know how it ...

If you've been considering a credit freeze, you should know that this process is designed to prevent creditors from accessing your credit report unless you explicitly authorize it. This effectively ...

Did you know that identity theft happens every 22 seconds? This means that, by the time you finish reading this sentence, someone has likely had their identity stolen. At best, identity theft will ...

VPNs operate through two primary mechanisms — IP address masking and data encryption. When you connect to a VPN, it hides your real IP address by assigning you a new one from its server network, ...