by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 2, 2021 | Scam of the day
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has designated February 1-5th as Identity Theft Awareness Week. The Coronavirus pandemic has contributed to a dramatic increase in identity theft with the the FTC reporting that it received approximately 1.4 million complaints of...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 9, 2020 | Scam of the day
This is the beginning of a school year unlike any other, but one thing that remains the same is the risk of school age children becoming victims of identity theft. Identity thieves will steal the identity of a child and then run up large debts using the credit of the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 12, 2020 | Scam of the day
Twenty people were arrested recently in Louisiana on charges related to a synthetic identity theft ring, which, according to police, was operated by Charles Roy and Tanya Ward. Many people are not familiar with the term “synthetic Identity theft,” but it...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 4, 2019 | Scam of the day
Child identity theft has become a big problem in recent years. According to Javelin Strategy and Research, a million American children became victims of identity theft last year at a cost of 2.6 billion dollars in total losses to the families. Children are prime...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 16, 2019 | Scam of the day
I have been telling you about credit freezes for children since last September when a new federal law went into effect that permits consumers to freeze and unfreeze their credit reports for free. You can now freeze and unfreeze your credit at each of the major credit...
