identity theft

Oh, great, another data breach, this time at Equifax, one of the three largest credit reporting agencies in the country. Officials are saying as many as 143 million people may have had their records stolen. That is a serious problem. An article I was reading last night gave a web address to the Equifax Trusted ID Premier program, which will off free credit monitoring for a year, and after you regi

The Federal Trade Commission says robo-calls are the number one consumer complaint they receive, and these types of calls are on the rise. Experts warn that this kind of call is an early step in a phone fraud scheme that can lead to identity theft. Here's how it works.

Last week, the Internal Revenue Service announced that it had targeted about 400 identity thieves across the country. The thieves were using stolen Social Security numbers to file false tax returns and then claim the refunds.