You know those old checks, bank statements, credit card offers and personal papers laying around the house? Here’s your chance to get rid of them without the fear that someone’s going to steal your identity.

BALTIMORE — A woman has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison for Social Security fraud and identity theft after she used stolen information of a disabled person for 25 years.

If you've run around the chain of lakes in Minneapolis, you probably left your purse or wallet in the car...

Just under two-thirds of all Internet users have been hit by some sort of cybercrime, and while most of them are angry about it, a surprisingly large percentage feel guilt too, according to a survey commissioned by Symantec.

The Bogalusa Police Department has asked for public assistance in locating two local residents wanted for forgery and theft by fraud charges.

?Major Securities Fraud Bust Nets 120? and ?Funds Rocked By Stock Scandal,?

If hackers got access to enough smart phones, they could paralyze wireless communications. In 2009, Scott Totzke, vice president of security at Research in Motion -- maker of the Blackberry smartphone -- told Reuters that his nightmare scenario was a type of attack in which a sufficient number of smart phones in a given area were compromised in a way that they would send so much data through a ...

Ever get that clueless "dog look"? Here's an example shared by Adriana Lukas: A Doctor's office attempts to fix a problem -- patients are sitting...

Federal law protects consumers from debt collectors' harassment and abusive, unfair, or deceptive tactics.

Posted: Wednesday, September 8, 2010 6:43 pm | Updated: .