Identity theft

Complaints to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau about attempts to collect debts consumers say they do not owe rose about 115% above the prior two-year average...

The FTC and other agencies warn of recovery scams that repeatedly target people who have already been victims of fraud. Scammers obtain and trade "sucker lists" that...

Two women in Bremerton, Washington — Emily Vranic and Heather Marquis — pleaded guilty in federal court to bank fraud and aggravated identity theft for a scheme that...

Federal authorities say Stephen Craig Campbell, 73, assumed the identity of Walter Lee Coffman (a University of Arkansas graduate who died in a 1975 car crash) begin...

The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received 1,008,597 complaints in 2025, with reported losses approaching $20.9 billion. People age 60 and older filed ...

The article explains how criminals use SIM swap and port-out scams to take control of victims' phone numbers and intercept calls and SMS security codes. It recounts ...