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2. Think you're safe? Identity theft could wipe out your entire ...

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   Identity theft has become a pervasive issue, affecting millions of Americans each year. In 2023 alone, American adults lost a staggering $43 billion to identity fraud.The following story ...

3. The IRS Is Required To Protect Kids From Identity Theft. They ...

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   Children are surprisingly frequent victims of identity theft—around 25 percent of them will experience identity fraud or theft by the time they reach adulthood. The consequences of bad credit ...

4. I lost $11,300 to identity fraud. What I learned: Usual ... - AOL

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   A survey of 144 ID theft victims who reached out to the nonprofit in 2022 found that almost two-thirds said their issues were still unresolved months after discovering the fraud. The lasting ...

5. Real-Life Identity Theft Horror Stories - AOL

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   And that was his mistake: The call was an identity theft scam. The callers pretended to be investigators, all the while gathering enough identifying and banking information for a real theft. Over ...

6. Identity theft - Wikipedia

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   Identity theft, identity piracy or identity infringement occurs when someone uses another's personal identifying information, like their name, identifying number, or credit card number, without their permission, to commit fraud or other crimes. The term identity theft was coined in 1964. [1]

7. AI voice scams are on the rise. Here's how to protect yourself.

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   "Family safe words can be a really useful tool if they are used properly," Eva Velasquez, said CEO of the Identity Theft Resource Center, a nonprofit focused on ID security.