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Financial fraud takes many forms, from fake charities that bilk you out of a few dollars to identity theft that can wipe out your entire savings. About four in 10 Americans have been victims of some ...

Identity theft is becoming more common as scammers target more and more Americans each year. It can be stressful to consider what could happen if cyber criminals manage to access your Social Security ...

Your Social Security number is the key that unlocks your credit, your job history, and much of your financial life, which is why having it exposed can feel like a five-alarm fire. Yet even in serious ...

Over the course of a person's life, there are many important sets of digits assigned to them, from their phone and credit card number to their license plate. Yet there's one numerical identifier that ...

Ransomware attack on Texas gas station chain exposes 377,000 people's Social Security numbers and driver's licenses. Keep ...

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