What's fueling a rise in reported identity theft cases?

What started as unauthorized Netflix charges ended up costing one woman nearly $17,000 — about half her family's savings. Read More

Homeowners insurance has soared over 50% in these states

Homeowners insurance rate increases are outpacing inflation in several U.S. states, according to a new report from the Consumer Federation of America. Read More

Identity Theft and Credit Card Fraud Statistics for 2025

Other identity theft, which includes schemes involving email and social media, insurance, medical services ... Credit card fraud has been on a steady rise in recent years. There were 32,550 ... Read More

Florida leads the nation in identity theft reports

Florida led the nation in identity theft reports last year. For the first time since 2021, the nation saw an increase in identity theft. Louisiana saw the biggest increase of any state. So far in 2025 ... Read More

ID fraud is on the rise with criminals using AI to scale their attacks

Of the 421,000 cases recorded on the database, almost 250,000 related to identity fraud. Identity theft and fraud can happen to anyone ... personal credit cards and motor insurance. Criminals ... Read More

Best identity theft protection services of May 2025

Most identity theft protection services also include insurance to help you recoup expenses associated with resolving identity theft. CNBC Select reviewed more than 30 identity theft protection ... Read More

BBB: Identity theft is more common than you think

(WHNT) – Scams are designed to either steal your money or your identity in order to steal your money later. Scammers have all kinds of techniques to collect personally identifiable information. Read More