To protect your credit, immediately contact your bank and credit card issuer and place a fraud alert with one of the three major credit bureaus: Experian (1-888-397-3742), TransUnion (1-800-680-7289), ...

Credit card fraud and identity theft are two terms you have probably heard before. And if you've been unlucky, you may have even fallen victim to one of these two crimes yourself. However, credit card ...

Imagine sitting in your living room, enjoying a cup of your favorite morning coffee, and you open your mail to discover that you recently opened a new bank account at XYZ Bank, unbeknownst to you. Or ...

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 ...

Data breaches and identity theft have become so commonplace that people often ignore notices about the latest breach of their personal information. "I just delete it. I don't pay any attention to it," ...

An attempted identity theft is more than a close call-it's a serious warning. With reports sharply rising, Petroff Amshen LLP explains how a timely Identity Theft Check and credit report review can ...

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CHARLOTTE — If someone steals your identity, it can be hard to clean up the mess, so Action 9 attorney Jason Stoogenke wants you to know the pros and cons of identity theft insurance. It covers the ...

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, ...

Tauranga pensioner Kaye McKenzie-Muirson is worried about identity theft after receiving confirmation her account was ...