To protect your credit, immediately contact your bank and credit card issuer and place a fraud alert with one of the three ...

Online crooks are increasingly going after children’s Social Security numbers and other sensitive information in order to ...

With so much personal information and data stored online, identity theft, getting scammed, and being the victim of fraud is a real threat. From online shopping to dating apps to streaming services and ...

Clint Proctor is a lead editor with the credit cards and travel rewards team at Forbes Advisor. He has five years of experience in personal finance journalism and has contributed to a variety of ...

In a world where we're all online in one way or another – banking, shopping, even our social communication – identity theft is the digital equivalent of a real-world pickpocket (yet harder to detect).

As the incidence of online identity theft has steadily climbed in recent months, banks and online retailers have struggled to stay on top of the problem and to protect their customers, whose personal ...

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 ...

Identity theft is a major problem -- and it's only gotten worse since the onset of the pandemic as criminals find new and creative ways to extract your personal information online. The good news is ...

Viral credit score hack puts consumers at risk of jail, FTC warns - ‘The truth is, credit repair companies can’t legally ...

Learn how to lock your Social Security number for free to prevent employment fraud and identity theft using E-Verify or by ...

Ten years ago, educational institutions were primarily focused on addressing physical fraud such as misplaced student IDs, stolen personal documents, or campus theft. But in today’s digital era, the ...

Millions of Americans fall victim to identity theft and fraud each year, but residents of some states appear to be much more vulnerable than others. WalletHub, an online financial advisory site, ...