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Friday Flicks: It’s a Clear Case of ‘Identity Theft’ with Melissa McCarthy and Jason Bateman
TIME breaks down which films to see and which to avoid this weekend.
Study: 10,000 Identity Theft Rings in U.S.
Identity theft is big business Now we’re finding out exactly how big The FTC estimates that as many as 9 million of us have our identity stolen each year It’s...
The Poet Laureate of Identity Theft
To literary-minded Americans, he’s a scribe of suburban ennui. To a loose confederacy of Nigerian hackers, he’s a potentially lucrative collection of account...
Here’s How Your Identity Will Be Stolen: The Top 10 Scams
For the past 12 years, the top category of consumer complaints fielded by the Federal Trade Commission has been identity theft. In 2011, this category made up...
Do You Know Your Rights If Your Identity Is Stolen?
According to a new report and consumer survey from the Federal Trade Commission, many Americans don’t know what they’re entitled to if someone steals their...
Don’t Get Your Identity Stolen During Tax Season
As if there’s not enough stress around tax time, cybersecurity experts are calling attention to a growing problem: Identity thieves are using this event to snag...
Oh, the Irony: Identity Theft Prosecutor Falls Victim to Identity Theft
Credit card skimming, in which a crook installs a device in an ATM or payment terminal to steal account information, can happen to anybody. For proof, look to...
How Banks Are Aiding and Abetting Identity Theft
To an identity thief, somebody else’s Social Security number is money in the bank. These nine digits unlock a world of phony credit and create a huge hassle for...
Money: Old-School Identity Theft
The term identity theft may conjure up notions of cyberhacks and Internet scams, but most ID fraud, it turns out, starts off-line. Last year 9.3 million...
Fraud Alert: Fraud Alert: Got Your ID Covered?
Insurance companies are offering a new way to protect your good name. Last year more than 160,000 people notified the Federal Trade Commission that they had been...
