Thirty percent of credit card holders think their identities will be stolen in the future, according to a new report. The younger the consumers questioned, the more likely they were to say they had a ...

Identity theft is as pervasive as ever. The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Fraud and ID Theft Maps shows 748,555 reports of ID theft in the first half of 2025 — that’s nearly 200,000 more reports ...

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 ...

Identity theft rarely starts with a dramatic five‑figure charge or a drained bank account. More often, the first clue is a ...

Supervisory Special Agent Zacharia Baldwin says scammers often rely on panic and pressure to trick victims, urging consumers ...

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services has come up with a new guideline for photos required for immigration documents.

Every few months, we hear about another data breach that exposes the personal information of millions of people. But the most recent discovery is massive. Security researchers uncovered a staggering ...

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 ...

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 ...