WASHINGTON (AP) ? The government received twice as many complaints about identity theft last year over 2001, with victims reporting hijacked credit cards, drained bank accounts and tarnished ...

WASHINGTON (AP) – The government says the number of identity theft complaints involving tax and wage fraud is soaring even as law enforcement tries to crack down. Federal Trade Commission officials ...

Americans are on track to report more than 1 million cases of identity theft this year. Money, Getty Images For victims of identity theft, 2024 is shaping up to be another devastating year. Americans ...

Individuals whose credit card information was exposed in a data breach are three times more likely to become identity theft victims than those whose credit cards were not exposed. A report compiled by ...

LifeLock Inc.’s identity theft protection services are being scrutinized after a Gilbert woman said her ex-husband used the company’s credit monitoring service to track her financial moves. LifeLock ...

The Federal Trade Commission recently released its top 10 consumer fraud complaint categories for 2003 (FTC Press Release of Jan. 22, 2004). The rankings were based on consumer complaints logged into ...