With over 79 million cases of identity theft in the last year, it is one of the most rapid growing crimes in the US. Identity theft costs consumers billions of dollars each year, and is very expensive to the individual that becomes a victim of this crime.
Identity theft is often looked at as an individual’s [...]

Social security identity theft is a huge problem in the United States, and it is a crime that is growing rapidly each and every day. How can you tell if you are a victim of identity theft? What are the signs?
The best way to find out if you have been a victim of identity theft [...]

One excellent way to prevent identity theft is through the use of a credit bureau fraud alert. In this article, we will discuss what fraud alerts are and how they will help you prevent identity theft.
A fraud alert is something that is put on your credit report to indicate that you suspect that you might [...]

We previously talked about pretexting, which is a method of stealing your identity via the telephone. Today we want to talk about phishing, which is similar to pretexting, but it is an online form of identity theft and fraud.
So the online version of pretexting is called phishing. Phishing is generally performed via email. You will [...]

Pretexting is the practice of obtaining your personal information under false pretenses. It is one way that crooks perform credit identity theft and is something that you must be aware of so that you can prevent it from happening to you.
Pretexting is very much against the law, but it is a common practice of somebody [...]

With the rise of ID theft being a problem in our country, we thought we would talk about a few things that you could do to protect yourself from becoming ID theft’s next victim. Here is a list of identity theft tips you should be following in order to prevent ID theft.

Do not carry your [...]

We thought we would provide you with some rather eye-opening statistics. Further proof why you need to highly consider having an identity theft protection plan in place.
There were over 48 Million identity records lost or stolen last year. Some notable heists include:

40 million credit card numbers stolen from Cardsystems
3.9 million financial records lots by CitiFinancial
150,000 [...]

If you already didn’t have enough reason to invest in some identity theft protection, here is some living proof. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is reporting that most federal agencies are not doing enough to protect personal information they are in care of.
Following the 2006 Veteran’s Affairs incident that put at risk veteran’s identity theft [...]

Do you use one of the popular file sharing services? If so, then do you know that you are putting yourself at risk for identity theft?
Millions of people around the world use one of the many popular file-sharing services to swap files, including millions in the United States. File sharing, or peer-to-peer networks requires you [...]

Recent figures from the Federal Trade Commission shows that Arizona leads the United States in cases of identity theft. The figures are for the year 2006 and go on to show a state-by-state look at the nation and the rate of identity theft claims.
Arizona tops the list, followed by the District of Columbia, Nevada, California [...]