When you lock your Social Security number, a company looking to verify your SSN won't be able to verify your identity, ...

Focus on what you can do to make yourself less of a target. Start by freezing your credit reports at the three major bureaus.

It's easy to think of identity theft as something that won't happen to you. Unfortunately, it's all too common — with a case reported every 22 seconds. Last year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ...

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 ...

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 ...

Identity theft can happen quickly and quietly. A stolen Social Security number, a misused credit card, a fake address tied to your name—it’s possible for someone to impersonate you without leaving any ...

Loans and credit: Fraudsters use fake Aadhaar, PAN, or salary slips to take loans in someone else’s name. Victims often ...

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 ...

The federal government has long struggled with technology and is far behind private industry in using data to prevent fraud and payment errors. The Computer Matching Act of 1988 is one of the biggest ...