CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – It’s Identity Theft Awareness Week and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says identity theft can happen to anyone and can take many forms. The agency and its partners are ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – The Federal Trade Commission is educating consumers on how to protect themselves from identity theft. This can happen to anyone at any time, especially now as tax season gets ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - The Federal Trade Commission got more than a million reports of identity theft last year. Those victims lost more than $10 billion combined. FOX5 wraps up ID Theft awareness ...

Snap beneficiaries, federal workers, and more are impacted by this shutdown, and scammers could also be taking advantage of this time.

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 ...

Internet fraud complaints are up almost 15 percent from last year, and though ID theft remains the top issue, its percentage of all claims is down from last year Identity theft remained top of mind ...

My guess is many of you have never heard of the FTC’s Red Flag Rules. Even so, I would bet that a fair number of you work for a business that needs to comply with the rules. This unawareness is the ...

Imagine sitting in your living room, enjoying a cup of your favorite morning coffee, and you open your mail to discover that you recently opened a new bank account at XYZ Bank, unbeknownst to you. Or ...

Nearly 10 million people in the United States were victims of identity theft in the past year, crimes that took a total of 300 million hours to correct and cost people a total of $5 billion, the ...

WASHINGTON — A U.S. center that helps victims of identity theft plans to share consumer complaint information with the Federal Trade Commission and law enforcement agencies to improve investigations.

Pestered by lawsuits and requests from congress the Federal Trade Commission said it will further delay the enforcement of its Red Flags identity theft protection rule to December 31, 2010, while ...