Your 401(k) is the new identity theft target
An impostor allegedly stole $751,430 from a Colgate-Palmolive employee's 401(k) by calling the recordkeeper and changing the account contact information.
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An impostor allegedly stole $751,430 from a Colgate-Palmolive employee's 401(k) by calling the recordkeeper and changing the account contact information.
These red flags signal that your financial data or other personal information may have been stolen.
Identity theft losses among Americans 60 and older surged 70%, reaching $48.5 million according to the FBI's latest internet crime report.
Your Social Security number is key to your personal and financial information. Protecting it is essential to prevent identity theft and avoid scams.
Behind the staggering $27.3 billion in identity fraud losses in 2025 are 18 million victims navigating a rapidly evolving threat landscape. New-account fraud and account takeovers...
The Internal Revenue Service has improved its ability to flag returns for signs of identity theft, adjusting its filters to reduce false positives and spot fraud.
Key takeaways: - - - • Allstate is the first major U.S. insurer to offer free identity theft protection at no additional cost for millions of home, auto and renters insuran...
KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. (WOWK) - An assistant to a U.S. attorney who led fraud prosecutions in the Southern District of West Virginia has been charged with five counts of identity th...
Identity theft isn’t just a quick inconvenience—it can turn into a months-long, sometimes years-long battle to reclaim your financial life. Many people assume that once...
The Identity Theft Resource Center's 2025 annual report reveals that 35% of identity crime victims experienced losses exceeding $10,000, and 68% of victims seriously considered sel...
Your card details were stolen. A skimmer. A phishing page. Malware on a device you trusted. The mon
A consumer reviews their credit card statement, notices a fraudulent charge, and initiates a dispute. Ideally, the issuer or merchant would have flagged the transaction before it r...
It only takes one piece of paper in the wrong hands to turn your life upside down. Identity theft doesn’t always start with a hacked...
The FTC Consumer Sentinel Network Data Book 2024 logged 6,471,708 reports in 2024, and identity theft alone accounted for 1,135,291 of them, or 17.5% of all reports. The FBI's Annu...
Identity theft is a major issue for people online. However, identity thieves don't only target individuals; they can also imitate full-blown businesses. An unknown actor is pretend...
POCATELLO — A federal jury has convicted a man of wire fraud, theft of government funds and aggravated identity theft after prosecutors revealed he spent more than two decades posi...
From what I have been told, computer passwords have been hacked in order to gain access to the account and transfer funds to the person’s own personal account. Printed bank stateme...
A federal jury in Pocatello has convicted a man whose true identity remains unknown after prosecutors say he spent more than two decades using the identity of a deceased teenager t...
From what I have been told, computer passwords have been hacked in order to gain access to the account and transfer funds to the person’s own personal account. Printed bank stateme...
Don't wait to be a victim of thieves before you do this.
According to Security Week’s recent article, “Stolen Logins Are Fueling Everything from Ransomware to Nation-State Cyberattacks,” cybersecurity firm Ontinue’s 2H 2025 Threat Intell...
Reports of identity fraud linked to ID scans submitted online rose by more than 50% last year, the Telegraaf has...
According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, scammers are using realistic looking, fake CAPTCHA pages to scam people.
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