Criminals combine a real person's Social Security number with other real or made-up details to trick credit issuers.

Identity theft is a growing concern, and as tax season approaches, there’s increased risk that people will be victims of tax return fraud—when scammers attempt to file under other people’s ...

One of the most widely known and feared types of identity theft is credit card fraud, accounting for almost ... Experian®, Equifax®, and TransUnion®. Tax Return Thieves—Keeping your Social ...

If a criminal steals a Social Security number, they could piece it together with other real or fake details to create an ...

Tax-related identity theft is common, but the Internal Revenue Service is often too slow to move when victims are awaiting ...

The FTC said that it received 2.6 million reports of fraud last year, with nationwide fraud losses topping $10 billion.

An independent watchdog finds the IRS has improved its overall taxpayer service through Democrats' Inflation Reduction Act ...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has made significant improvements in taxpayer services, largely due to funding from the ...

leaving easy paths for identity theft open. The IRS is legally required to inform parents if their child's identity is being used to commit tax fraud. But according to an article in The Dispatch ...

In 2018, the Federal Trade Commission received 38,967 reports of identity theft for tax fraud, a 38% decrease from the year before. Fraudulent tax returns can be a headache, but they typically don ...

Identity theft and fraud cases are on the rise. To shed light on where consumers face the greatest risks, personal finance site WalletHub identified the states where people are the most ...