A report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration found that delayed 1099-R and W-2G filings limit the IRS’s ability to spot refund fraud early.

With identity theft and fraud on the rise, it's essential to monitor your credit report for signs of fraud. If you've been ...

Not all fraud rises to the level of identity theft and, by itself, a security breach doesn't constitute a stolen identity.

How quickly theft is realized: When identity theft goes unchecked for years (as is often the case with identity theft of a ...

Criminal identity theft is a serious crime where someone uses your personal information to commit offenses, leading to ...

Identity fraud is rising in the United States, but the timing does not always line up with the breach behind it. Consumers lost $27.3 billion to traditional identity fraud in 2025, according to ...

While it once was complicated for criminals to collect personal data, such as identification numbers, emails, phone numbers, ...

Identity theft tied to major data broker breaches has cost Americans more than $20 billion over the past decade, according to a 2026 report from the U.S. Senate Joint Economic Committee. That figure ...

Identity theft protection services are your first line of digital defense, whether it's identifying a stolen credit card ...

The FBI has just released its latest annual internet crime report, and the numbers are staggering: Americans filed 1,008,597 complaints with the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) last year, with ...

Potential scammers have claimed to be support techs, police officers and a Homeland Security representative, authorities say.