As a victim of identity theft, you may feel as if you have lost everything you worked to achieve. It can impact your finances, property, emotions and even your reputation as a responsible member of society. You have rights after identity theft harms you. Exercising...
Identity theft happens when someone’s personal information, such as a license, home address, credit card, name or Social Security Number (SSN) is stolen. Thieves often take people’s personal information for financial reasons. Personal information is usually stolen to...
Identity theft can happen in numerous ways, but it most often happens online nowadays. New Internet users are often warned that they need to be wary of having their identity compromised. Someone else could steal their information and pretend to be them – which may...
Identity theft is a major concern in an increasingly digital world. Once someone's personal identifying information falls into the hands of those with ill intentions, there could be numerous serious issues that arise. Identity theft often leads to fraudulent debt and...
There are many forms of consumer fraud. One of them is identity theft. Identity theft, broadly speaking, is when someone takes another person's personal information for their own use. For example, they may use someone’s Social Security number or a credit card number....
Fraudsters in Minnesota are getting cleverer every day. Lots of people are victims to credit card identity theft. Here’s what you can do to mitigate the damage if your credit card is affected. Step 1. Report the crime The first thing you need to take is to report the...
It is easy to panic when a debit card is missing because giving your money to a thief would be horrible. However, this won’t happen if you report the stolen card on time. Banking companies must respect the time clients have to report the lost card. However, this is...
Although identity theft has been around for a long time, it is a relatively new phenomenon as a common occurrence in our society. With the increase of technology as an integral part of everyday life, people are more exposed than ever to the possibility of identity...
Every year, hundreds of people in Minnesota are victims of identity theft. If it's not caught in time, identity thieves can drain your bank account, run up your credit cards and tank your credit score. For this reason, it's important to monitor your bank and credit...
It is undoubtedly an understatement to say that these are uncertain times. But one of the few things we can count on is that there are people trying to illegally profit from the uncertainty. Scammers are taking advantage of fears of the pandemic, along with massive...
