Setting up fraud alerts on your credit reports only takes a few minutes. They can protect your identity and your money.

PeopleFinders reports that to spot identity theft, watch for unusual charges, mail issues, and check credit reports regularly ...

The rate of credit card fraud alerts is rising, according to Deloitte, often inconveniencing consumers. New shopping patterns, spending on big-ticket items, and lack of use of monitoring services ...

Check washing fraud is on the rise, exploiting mail and banking vulnerabilities. Learn about the sophisticated methods used and how to protect yourself from scams.

A fraud alert isn't the only way to keep criminals from opening credit accounts with your information. There's a credit freeze, which is also free, but you need to set it up with all three credit ...

Though only 61% of Americans wrote a check in the last year according to a 2024 survey, officials are still warning people about crime trends related to paper checks. It’s easy to see why; two ...

In that alert, FinCEN requested that financial institutions, and other companies that submit Suspicious Activity Reports related to check fraud, flag cases where mail theft appeared to be involved. In ...

Global card losses attributed to fraud reached $33 billion in 2022, according to payments industry research company Nilson Report, with the U.S. market representing roughly 40% of losses.It has ...