COVID-19 Pandemic Leads to Unemployment Benefits Identity Theft
Right now is a very difficult time for a lot of individuals as concerns around the COVID-19 pandemic continue to be at the top of
Right now is a very difficult time for a lot of individuals as concerns around the COVID-19 pandemic continue to be at the top of
Multiple states including California, Florida, Colorado and more, are offering lottery & sweepstakes incentive programs for COVID-19 vaccine recipients but scammers are taking advantage of
The ITRC’s three-year study shows nearly 30 percent of victims have been the victim of a previous identity crime; an all-time high number of victims
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland, working with the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Baltimore, recently seized the fake COVID-19 vaccine website “Freevaccinecovax.org.”
The website
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reports that criminals are creating COVID-19 funeral scams. The announcement comes just days after the federal agency launched a
Facebook and Instagram users are being targeted by cybercriminals promoting fake grants, particularly grants for COVID-19 relief. Recent grant scams reported to the Identity Theft
By Eva Velasquez, president and CEO, Identity Theft Resource Center
The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) expects to see the number of victims of COVID-19 identity crimes continue to rise in 2021. The ITRC’s new data shows an increase in
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warns consumers that while a vaccine is closer to distribution, so are COVID-19 vaccine scams.
The FDA fears misleading products could cause Americans to
By Identity Theft Resource Center CEO, Eva Velasquez & Synchrony CISO, Gleb Reznik
In the first ten days of the holiday shopping season, U.S. consumers spent
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