ConsumerAffairs

How to Recover From Identity Theft

Recovering direct financial losses from identity theft becomes more difficult over time, so it’s crucial that you take ...

10 Things to Do if Your Identity Is Stolen

If you have an identity theft protection plan, your provider should be able to guide you through many of the following steps.
Los Angeles Times

FTC to Ease Process of Reporting Identity Theft

The Federal Trade Commission, in a tacit acknowledgement of the difficulty for consumers to recover from so-called identity theft, is expected to announce Tuesday a method for making it easier for ...
ConsumerAffairs

Fraud Alert vs. Credit Freeze: What’s the Difference?

According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), its Consumer Sentinel Network received almost 6.5 million reports in 2024 — ...

Better Business Bureau: Influencers are promoting a trick to 'fix' credit reports

BBB of the Mid-South President Randy Hutchinson gives advice on how to protect assets and avoid scams.
The Norman Transcript

BUSINESS COLUMN: Controlling identity theft disasters: the FTC and credit bureaus

Referring to last week’s column on controlling identity theft disasters, we will continue here with part two. When you have your personal report and your police report in hand, you are ready for the ...
KWQC

Identity theft on the rise as scams grow more sophisticated, experts say

Eva Velasquez, CEO of the Identity Theft Resource Center, said a major factor behind that increase is the growing ...
Gainesville

OmniWatch Analysis Finds Identity Theft Rates At All-Time High, According To New FTC Data

Identity theft reports surpassed 2024 totals within the first nine months of 2025, as scam-driven fraud losses climbed to $10.9 billion. SAN DIEGO, CA, UNITED STATES ...