Identity theft is the fastest-growing crime in the United States. In 2013, someone became a victim of identity fraud every two minutes, totaling 13.1 million people. The cost of cleanup is, on average, $500 per person. Amy Krebs describes what it feels like to become a victim. Is it okay to publish your name? read more
Identity theft victims suffer varying degrees of "loss" both financially, emotionally and their time. Equate it to a car accident. Some are lucky and only have a fender-bender, and others end up in a coma or dead. read more
The Federal Trade Commission today released a survey showing that 27.3 million Americans have been victims of identity theft in the last five years, including 9.9 million people in the last year alone. read more
We all know that tens of millions of adult files and records are routinely stolen and used to enable identity theft around the globe. But one of the lesser known problems associated with identity theft is that children are now the newest victims of fraud, and most of the time neither they nor their parents know it. read more