Fraud and Identity Theft Alerts
Alerts on fraud, data and identity theft incidents in the US. Find out about about incidents that may affect you.
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Guard against or recover from identity theft, debit card and credit card fraud. - Card Fraud Forum
Forum to help consumers, merchants and banks fight fraud. - February 05, 2006: Phone Scammers target Providence Home Health Data Theft Victims
Con artists pretending to be from Providence Home Health Services are calling to trick clients out of Social Security and bank account numbers and other sensitive information. - February 04, 2006: FedEx Spills Employee Personal Information
FedEx Freight West is trying to recall W-2s sent to as many as 8,500 employees after finding out that some of the forms included other workers' tax information. - February 03, 2006: Former Employee Exposes Personal Information of 19,000 Honeywell Workers
Honeywell International reported that Howard Nugent, a former computer systems analyst in the company's Phoenix office is involved in a leak of personal information about 19,000 current and former employees. - January 31, 2006: Boston Globe and Telegram and Gazette Circulate Customer Credit Card Numbers by Mistake
The Boston Globe and The Worcester Telegram and Gazette, mistakenly sent out slips of paper with the credit card data of up to nearly a quarter million subscribers. - January 30, 2006: Rhode Island State Website Loses Credit Card Information
A security breach at Rhode Islands internet site run by Olathe-based NIC Inc. resulted in over 4000 credit card numbers being taken. - January 26, 2006: Ameriprise, the former American Express Financial Advisors Division Lost the Personal Information of about 226,000 People
Ameriprise Financial Inc., the former American Express Financial Advisors division has notified about 226,000 people that a laptop with their names and other personal data was stolen. - January 26, 2006: Personal Information Stolen from San Diego Courthouse
San Diego County officials are notifying about 450 people that their personal information may have been stolen during a theft from the courthouse. - January 26, 2006: Laptops with University of Washington Patient Data Stolen
Tapes and disks containing unencrypted records of about 365,000 patients who received health care through Portland-based Providence Home Services were stolen. - January 25, 2006: Laptops with University of Washington Patient Data Stolen
Thieves stole two laptop computers with the personal information for around 1600 patients of University of Washington Medical Center. - January 21, 2006: National Guard Personal Data Stolen: Officers warned of Possible Identity Theft
The briefcase of a California Army National Guard employee that contained the names and personal information of hundreds of officers, including some currently serving in Iraq was stolen. - January 17, 2006: San Diego City Employee Arrested for Identity Theft
A San Diego city employee has been arrested for stealing the identity of public employees and Water Department customers. - January 16, 2006: Data Lost from New York City Teachers' Retirement System - 3 Arrested
3 people were arrested in what law-enforcement officials believe is a multi-person operation that stole information from the Teachers' Retirement System and made out fraudulent checks. - January 11, 2006: Peoples Bank Loses Data on 90,000 Customers
A computer tape from People's Bank, based in Bridgeport, Connecticut, containing personal data on 90,000 customers was lost in transit.
