Getting your identity stolen is anything but a rarity these days. In 2024, more than 1.1 million Americans filed identity ...

A quick look at the Fraud and ID Theft Maps of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) shows 841,810 reports of ID theft by the ...

Identity theft can either be the worst thing that can happen to you or the best lesson in being smart about your personal ...

With identity theft cases rising nationwide, more consumers are discovering unfamiliar accounts or inquiries on their credit ...

The FTC did a random telephone survey of 4,057 adults to try to gauge the extent of identity theft crimes in the last five years. It found 27.3 million people were victimized when someone made ...

Report it to identitytheft.gov and provide as many details as possible. The site will create an FTC identity theft report, an IRS identity theft affidavit and a personal recovery plan.

There were 15,587 reports of insurance identity theft in 2024, marking a 37% jump from 2023 and the most reports on record, according to a yearly report from the Federal Trade Commission.

Vermonters filed nearly 4,000 fraud reports with the Federal Trade Commission in 2024, losing a total of $10.5 million to the fraudsters, with a median loss of $285, according to newly released data.

I've been tracking identity theft cases since mid-February involving 1099-K forms in the mail. Those cases have prompted me to request documents from the Federal Trade Commission.

The number of complaints filed with the FTC on any issue has risen from 35,000 a week to 50,000. He says most of the additional complaints are for tax and wage identity theft.