Identity theft reports surpassed 2024 totals within the first nine months of 2025, as scam-driven fraud losses climbed ...

This week marks Identity Theft Awareness Week, and Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza emphasized some safety tips Monday for ...

The Peoria Public Schools Board of Education has hired Jerry Bell as the new superintendent and Renee Andrews as the deputy ...

If you’re taking stock of your finances and preparing for 2026, make protecting yourself against identity theft part of your 2026 planning.

The Federal Trade Commission got more than a million reports of identity theft last year.

Social media is awash in promises that a few clicks can erase years of financial mistakes, but the latest viral "credit score hack" comes with a criminal warning label. Federal regulators say a ...

ATLANTA — A new study by LendingTree about where the most reported credit card identity thefts happen put Georgia among the states with the most theft happening. According to LendingTree’s analysis of ...

Although most of us think of the typical scam victim as an older person, according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in 2024 alone, 21,420 reports of identity theft involved victims aged 19 and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Even federal regulators were surprised by what the most comprehensive government study of identity theft turned up: nearly 10 million victims and a loss of $53 billion for ...

Identity theft doesn’t discriminate, and can affect even the most careful and conscious of people. With the advent of online shopping and banking — and factors beyond our control like data breaches — ...