According to a survey of 500 Americans, conducted online by InsightExpress, 15% of Americans have been a victim of identity theft with one-third having had a friend or family member victimized.  Read More

Consumer Watch: Don't Let Them Steal Your Good Name
Identity theft is skyrocketing--and it's even being used to fund terrorism.

It started with a phone call from the Bank of America, asking about payment for a new truck purchased the previous month. The problem was that Michelle Brown--then 29 years old and working in international banking--hadn't bought a truck.  Read More

FTC: Identity theft, tech fraud up

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Americans reported losses of $437 million last year to identity theft and Internet fraud, according to federal statistics released Thursday.  Read More

Lock 'Em Out

Take steps to protect yourself. In September, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) made public some startling statistics on identity theft. According to its survey data, 27.3 million Americans have been victims of identity theft in the past five years, and a whopping 9.9 million people have joined this unfortunate list in the past year.  Read More

Windows SM (Steve McQueen)

Remember the movie Bullitt? Come on, you've seen it…the big car chase scene (big at the time anyway, before the Cadillacs in Matrix - Reloaded).  Read More